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Akron Children’s Hospital Addition Approaches Completion By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Akron Children’s Hospital is eagerly awaiting the addition to the existing Considine Professional Building by Welty Building Company Ltd. The $82 million, 230,000 sq. ft. addition began in March 2017 and will be completed in the summer of 2018. The new addition continues the campus transformation that began in 2012 with the Kay Jewelers Pavilion. This building included a new emergency department, neonatal intensive care unit and GOJO Outpatient Surgery Center. The Considine Building, an eight-story building located on 2.25 acres at the southeast end of the hospital’s campus, will be connected to the main hospital and Kay Jewelers Pavilion via a 250 ft. long elevated bridge over Bowery Street. With the addition, the Considine Professional Building will grow to 480,000 sq. ft. This most recent expansion of the hospital’s master plan provides subspecialty practices in The Akron Children’s Hospital addition will add 230,000 sq. ft. to the hospital.
Akron and allows the hospital to consolidate functions such as outpatient clinics and programs currently located in leased downtown sites. The addition consists of 94,500 sq. ft. of clinical space; 47,700 sq. ft. of offices; and another 53,700 sq. ft. that will allow for the expansion of future business objectives. The original estimates for construction costs were more than $100 million. These estimates were validated by third party estimators at market value. The team, using an integrated lean project delivery method, worked together to decrease costs to $82 million. This system emphasizes open and honest collaboration to eliminate construction waste and maximize value. During a 10-month planning and pre-construction period, the team, consisting of the owner, designers and contractors, worked together on more than 450 innovative ideas that were documented and communicated through an A3 process. see HOSPITAL page 6
Minnich Manufacturing Hosts AEM I Make America Event
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oinciding with Minnich Manufacturing’s 50th Anniversary, the company served as host to the Association of Equipment Manufacturer’s (AEM) I Make America event at its facility in Mansfield, Ohio on May 1, 2018. In its ninth year, AEM’s I Make America campaign is a grassroots effort with over 40,000 supporters and is designed to encourage equipment manufacturers and their employees to become involved and take action on issues impacting the industry. Established in 1968 by Roger Minnich, the company began operations as a manufacturer of high cycle concrete vibrators for use in the road paving industry, operating out of a converted three-bay auto repair shop in downtown Mansfield, Ohio. Minnich’s innovations include the introduction of a hydraulic vibrator which is still used on concrete pavers today. (L-R): Minnich Manufacturing’s Vice President of Operations, Jeff McDaniel; Vice President of Marketing, Rob Minnich oversaw the expansion of the company’s Minnich; AEM Vice President, Johan “Kip” Eideberg; Congressman Bob Gibbs; and Minnich Manufacturing’s Vice see MINNICH page 2
President of Sales Todd Jurjevic take a moment before a tour of the plant.