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Welty Drives Toward Finish of River Valley Medical Center
Challenges to the building of the medical center include deep footings, a substantial basement and steep grade changes.
By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Serving as construction manager and general contractor, the Welty Building Company is erecting the $38 million, L-shaped, 95,000-sq.ft. Fairfield Medical Center’s (FMC) River Valley Campus in Lancaster, Ohio, southeast of Columbus, which will bring much-needed health care services to this growing community of 40,000-plus people. FMC is collaborating with The Boldt Company, a 129-year old national health care real estate developer and builder, which owns the campus. The groundbreaking for the River Valley Campus took place in November 2017, and the new building is expected to be completed by early 2019. The new campus will include a health and wellness center and a freestanding emergency room adjacent to FMC’s River View Surgery Center on North Columbus Street in the Route 33 corridor. “This project is a vision of health and wellness for our community,” said Pam Starlin, FMC’s director of facility operations. “The goal is to provide efficient, timely and accessi-
ble care in a state-of-the-art, warm and welcoming environment on a campus close to home. Accessibility for the growing part of our community and ease of access for the communities we serve is key. We are investing millions of dollars in state-of-the-art equipment and technology to bring the latest in diagnostics and care to an easily accessible and highly visible location. “It is also estimated that this facility will bring 110 jobs to the community,” she added. Planning began in December 2015, and the project conception was unveiled to the public in April 2016. The campus will feature a 12-bed emergency department with a separate entrance for squad and ambulatory traffic; a fully equipped trauma bay; four exam rooms equipped to house observation patients; rooms equipped for the care of bariatric and isolation patients; a women’s health center where mammography, ultrasound, bone density and navigation services will be available in a private, spa-like environment; a clinic with 15 exam rooms with plenty of circulating space for multiprovider support and functionality; a medical/fitness see FMC page 4
With the greater Columbus area experiencing a building boom, scheduling subcontractors to work on Fairfield Medical Center’s River Valley Campus becomes a complex proposition.