At the Crittenton Hospital job site, construction has been on the fast track since the $86-million project was awarded to Barton Malow in early 2002. Estimators immediately began validating the overall project budget, and the field team moved onto the site only one month later to begin moving five departments to allow for major construction, which involves over 200,000 square feet of new construction, renovations and expansions. This project will be completed in August 2006.

New construction includes the relocation of the main entrance, a parking deck, administrative departments, surgery support, clinical labs, special diagnostics, pre-admission testing and an expanded cardiac rehabilitation department. Surgery renovations will double the operating room capacity. A new cardiac critical care wing will be adjacent to two new open-heart operating rooms. These specialized ORs are a joint venture with the University of Michigan Health System.

The entire first and second floors of the hospital are undergoing renovations and include emergency, diagnostic imaging, women and children’s unit, and dietary, among other departments. The project also includes an in-place renovation and expansion of the existing Emergency Department by approximately 55%, and the addition of a new canopy over the entrance. The new canopy was added to accommodate the newer and larger ambulance vans that the shorter 1960’s structure could no longer hold.