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Banner Builds $155M Medical Center in Southeast Valley By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
Envisioned to serve as a comprehensive medical care center, a $155 million facility in Maricopa County, Ariz., is becoming a reality. Banner Ocotillo Medical Center will serve the entire Southeast Valley, with a focus on the Chandler population. “The Southeast Valley is one of the fastest growing segments in Maricopa County, with Chandler and Gilbert representing a significant portion of the growth,” said Kip Edwards, vice president, facilities services, Banner Corporate Center — Phoenix. “The growth rate in these communities is outpacing that of the rest of the Phoenix metropolitan area, and will require additional health care services.” Banner has more than 80,000 members in its health network insurance organization who reside in the Southeast Valley. “They participate in value-based health plans that require convenient and affordable care,” said Edwards, adding, “With its adjacency to the 202 San Tan Freeway, the new hospital will offer easy access from both the east and west. The reaction from the community has generally been good, with many pleased to hear that Banner is coming to their community.” Construction on the project began in November 2018. Upon completion, the four-story structure will offer imaging, surgery, labor and delivery, intensive care, gynecology, orthopedic, cardiology and gastroenterology services, and include a Level 2 emergency room. There will be 96 licensed beds, plus 24 observation beds, to
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Construction on Banner’s Ocotillo Medical Center began in November 2018.
start. The 245,000-sq.-ft. hospital is located on the southeast corner of Alma School Road and Loop 202 Santan Freeway, and is being built on the same site as the existing Banner Health Center in Chandler. The current facility offers behavioral and mental health services, along with family medicine, gynecology, internal medicine, obstetrics and pediatrics. The architectural style of the
new comprehensive hospital will be contemporary and open, with an emphasis on outside light and ease of wayfinding. Edwards said it’s extremely rewarding to build a facility that will serve so many people in need of medical care. “We have a great project team, contractor and architect. They were ready and excited to go, as soon as we received the city approvals, and are moving the project on a very aggressive sched-
ule.” In a news release, Becky Kuhn, Banner’s chief operating officer stated, “We want to provide convenient care that is close to home for our patients and their families. Chandler and the surrounding Southeast Valley is growing fast, and we want to make sure our patients and health plan members have care when and where they need it.” The hospital is situated on an
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18-acre site, and was designed by the architectural firm SmithGroup. Okland Construction serves as the general contractor. The biggest construction challenges on the project include managing trade partner manpower and labor in the current market, along with lead times. Crews must also manage building conditioning and early HVAC start up, and project cleanliness to accommodate the fast-track schedule. Another concern involves concrete hydration on level four and the roof, and proper curing of slabs before roof/flooring at the top levels. Work currently taking place at the job site includes footing/foundations, concrete columns/walls, concrete slabs/decks, underground mechanical/plumbing, underground electrical and site utilities. The property before work began was an open field with minimal landscape, a fire hydrant and a drywell. Clearing and only minor demolition was required. Site clearing, over excavation/compaction and building pad have been completed, as well as retention basins and drywells. An estimated 25,000 cu. yds. of dirt and material will be moved during construction of the new hospital. With mass grading of the site finished, as well as certification of the building pad and partial completion of site utilities, crews have concentrated on underground mechanical/plumbing/electrical and structural components of the building core and also the shell, which involves concrete foundation, walls and decks. Key tasks remaining on the new structure include the complete see CONCRETE page 6