Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital

Built for today’s healthcare demands, the 660,000 SF, six-level replacement hospital places patient care, comfort, and clinical flexibility at the center of every decision.

Barton Malow, in joint venture with Haselden Construction, served as construction manager, leveraging Lean methodologies and an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) approach to support efficient, highly coordinated execution.

That collaborative approach was reinforced through a Big Room model that enabled real-time stakeholder coordination across six work groups: structure and enclosure, interiors, MEP/CUP, site, parking, and prefabrication. With more than 25% of the project prefabricated, the team improved schedule reliability and quality consistency while building a true one-team culture that drove accountability from design through delivery.

The facility was designed and constructed with clinical adaptability in mind. The layout shortens travel distances between essential hospital functions and enables more rooms to convert to ICU status, a flexibility that proved critical during the COVID-19 pandemic. The facility also holds the distinction of being one of the first hospitals of its kind designed and constructed as a pandemic-resilient facility.

Clinical capacity includes 176 universal care beds, 16 observation-specific beds, 19 postpartum/antepartum beds, 12 NICU beds, 10 operating rooms on a single floor, and two dedicated C-section ORs. Patient rooms feature floor-to-ceiling glass and natural light, with a central courtyard and views of the Rocky Mountain foothills, prioritizing well-being alongside care.

The Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital project exemplifies dedication to delivering high-quality healthcare projects. This achievement demonstrates our innovative and collaborative capabilities, resulting in a facility that will benefit the community for years to come.

The project earned the 2025 ENR Best of the Best award in the Healthcare category, the highest national recognition ENR gives, following its earlier distinction as ENR Mountain States Best Healthcare Project. It also received the 2025 Baldwin Group Build America Merit Award from the Associated General Contractors (AGC) for its work on the hospital in the Construction Management New or Renovation ($100 million or more) category, and was named a ColoradoBiz Top Project of 2024.

Photos by Dan Schwalm © 2024 HDR