Barton Malow has been providing construction services to the University of Maryland since 1992. In 1996, The University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMAB) chose Barton Malow as construction manager on their $30 million School of Nursing project.

Phase I of the project included construction of a new 167,000 SF seven-story building with one basement level and a penthouse. The facility, designed by Ballinger Architects, features an auditorium, new classrooms, multi-media clinical settings, nursing informatic laboratories, computer assisted instruction (CAI) laboratories, interactive video laboratories (IVL), and clinical simulation laboratories. A major feature is the use of computerized “intelligent” mannequins to create “virtual patients.”

Phase II involved 13,492 sf of renovation to the existing School of Nursing. Classrooms on floors one through four were renovated to become seminar rooms, student services space, admissions office, health policy research suites, and storage space.

Significant urban site constraints and utility relocation presented interesting challenges to our team. However, it did not disrupt the construction schedule.