Monday, November 12, 2007
Design Completed on New Hospital to Serve Gulf and Franklin Counties
 Sacred Heart Health System is completing the detailed design of the new 25-bed hospital that will open in the spring of 2009 to serve Gulf County and Franklin County.
Sacred Heart will submit final drawings for the future Sacred Heart Hospital on Nov. 15 to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. The architect’s drawings will show details for each room in the hospital, including detailed engineering, electrical, and ventilation drawings. AHCA will have 60 days to review the plans and make its comments and recommendations.
The site for the hospital, located along Highway 98 near Gulf Coast Community College, has been cleared except for designated wetland areas to be preserved on the 27-acre site.
Starting next month, crews also will start hauling in fill dirt to raise the site to 14.7 feet above sea level and prepare foundations. Also in November, contractors will begin to extend underground utilities such as water, sewer, and electric power lines to the site.
The construction of the hospital will be overseen by a construction management company, Greenhut Construction Co. of Pensacola, which was recently selected for the manager role. Greenhut Construction has worked with Sacred Heart on construction projects for almost 20 years, and has built major facilities in Northwest Florida, including Sacred Heart Children’s and Women’s Hospital, Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, and the terminal at Pensacola Regional Airport.
As the construction manager, Greenhut will review competitive bids from subcontractors and suppliers, and also oversee work on the project. Qualified local and regional contractors will have the opportunity to submit bids. Qualified companies may send letters of interest to the project architect, DAG Architects in Destin.
The hospital project will provide residents of Gulf and Franklin counties with:
• A community hospital with 25 private rooms, an emergency department, and two operating rooms.
• An urgent care clinic to treat minor injuries and illnesses
• Laboratory services
• Diagnostic imaging services such as CT scans, x-ray, ultrasound and mammography
• A Medical Office Building to provide offices for 10 physicians
• A helipad to be used by Sacred Heart’s AirHeart helicopter, providing rapid transport for trauma patients and other critically ill patients to a Trauma Center.
Sacred Heart Health System based in Pensacola was named recently by National Research Corporation as winner of the 2007 Consumer Choice Award for the Pensacola region. The award recognizes hospitals that are rated by local consumers as their top choice for Best Overall Quality, Best Doctors, Best Nurses and Best Image. Sacred Heart is part of Ascension Health, the nation’s largest system of not-for-profit health care facilities.
For more information about Sacred Heart Health System, call 850-416-7000.
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