Texas’s Top Projects - 35

The Woman’s Hospital of Texas

PROJECT COST: $52,417,000

Bovis Lend Lease provided preconstruction and construction management services for the obstetrical and neonatal expansion.

The initial phase included incorporation of a new powerhouse with three boilers, two chillers, primary electrical service, emergency generator and medical gas park. All utilities were routed from the remote powerhouse to the facility via an 800-ft trench across the existing campus.

Phase two involved the addition of a four-story patient tower, which included a new kitchen and dining area, entrance lobby and waiting area. Also included were the materials-management department, loading dock, 96 post-partum and anti partum patient rooms, and a 26-bed level two NICU. The portion of the project bisected the existing campus and required a complex logistics scheme, including pedestrian walkways through the jobsite.

Phase three included renovations and expanded examination rooms, radiology, medical records, 14 new LDR rooms, and two C-section and recovery areas.

Key Facts

Location: Houston
Start/completion dates: January 2008/ August 2009
Owner: HCA Inc., Nashville, Tenn.
General contractor: Bovis Lend Lease, Nashville, Tenn.
Architect: Earl Swensson Associates, Nashville, Tenn.
Structural engineer: Structural Design Group, Nashville, Tenn.
Civil engineer: Terra Associates, Houston
MEP engineer: IC Thomasson & Associates, Nashville, Tenn.
Major subcontractors: Polk Mechanical, Dallas; Enterprise Electric, Nashville, Tenn.; Drake Interiors, Houston