Monday, July 21, 2008
Construction Moving Forward on Hospital in Gulf County
The St. Joe Company and Sacred Heart Health System announced today that vertical construction has begun on the new $35 million Sacred Heart Hospital located along Highway 98 in Port St. Joe, Florida. The hospital is being built on 27 acres donated by JOE.
Florida-based Greenhut Construction Company, Inc., has been hired to manage the construction process. So far, the construction team has completed preparation of the hospital building pad and initiated the site layout and surveying process. The installation of building piles begins this week.
"We are happy to have completed the first phase of work which prepared a suitable building pad for the facility, but we are very excited to be entering the active facility construction phase with the installation of building piles and related work for establishing the foundation," said Brian Matson, vice president of planning and strategy for Sacred Heart Health System.
Completion of the hospital is projected for the fall of 2009. Sacred Heart anticipates the facility will provide jobs to as many as 150 people.
"We are thrilled to announce the official transfer of property to Sacred Heart Health System for the new state-of-the-art hospital that will serve the Port St. Joe community," said Joe Rentfro, vice president and project manager for JOE. "Construction on the site will progress rapidly from this point on, now that the site preparation work is complete."
The St. Joe Company donated the land for the hospital site and also agreed to contribute $5 million over 10 years to support the hospital.
The new Sacred Heart Hospital will provide quality health care to the residents of Gulf and Franklin counties with facilities that include:
- A community hospital with private rooms, an emergency department and two operating rooms
- Laboratory services
- A medical office building to provide space for primary care and specialty physicians, as well as outpatient services
- A helipad to be used by Sacred Heart's AirHeart helicopter, providing rapid transport for trauma patients and other critically ill patients.
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