The project, completed by Doster Construction, added 55,000 square feet of space to the existing 33,000-square-foot hospital, reports The Southern Illinoisan. A total of 33 miles of metal studs were used for the project, the newspaper adds.
“Ferrell Hospital, since our beginning in 1925, has been here to meet the health care needs of our community,” said Alisa Coleman, CEO of Ferrell Hospital. “This expansion and modernization will enhance our ability to provide quality emergency, surgical and hospital-based care to patients here in southeastern Illinois, keeping them close to home.”
Steel in Healthcare Facilities
A growing number of healthcare facilities are using prefabrication techniques to work smarter, faster and safer. Cold-formed steel (CFS) framing magnifies those benefits because it is non-combustible, lightweight and cut to precise specifications.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
PDM Constructors manufactured all interior wall panels for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia — improving the project’s construction schedule by 2 weeks per floor.
Exempla Saint Joseph Replacement Hospital
South Valley Drywall prefabricated the CFS exterior wall panels for the Exempla Saint Joseph Replacement Hospital, Denver, Colorado. While it would normally take a year to complete the enclosure of an 831,000-square-foot hospital, prefabrication helped cut the hospital construction timeline by more than seven months.
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