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Construction begins on St. Vincent Orthopedic Hospital

Originally appeared in Medical Construction & Design Magazine

Kitchell Contractors has begun construction on the $95-million, 135,000-square-foot St. Vincent Orthopedic Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. The four-story hospital is an extension of an existing medical campus providing a variety of outpatient services.

Designed by HKS, Inc., the state-of-the-art facility will serve the community’s growing demand for orthopedic services and will be a regional destination for individuals seeking bone and joint care. St. Vincent Orthopedic Hospital serves as a physical representation of the unique partnership between one of the tri-state’s most distinguished hospitals and the region’s largest orthopedic practice, Tri-State Orthopaedics.

St. Vincent Orthopedic Hospital, scheduled to open in 2019, will include space for 48 inpatient rooms, 10 operating suites (with room for expansion) and two procedure rooms.  

Technology shakes up how projects are planned, scheduled and built

Over the last 10 years, innovations in technology have disrupted many of the industries across the world allowing for improved efficiency, savings and quality.

The construction industry is no different. Although, Jim Rogers, a well-known construction management and industry expert, says, “Construction lags behind other industries like manufacturing that have more quickly adopted and implemented new technology to improve the industry.”

But that’s changing as innovations like 3-D laser scanning, building information modeling (BIM), digital drawings, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), 3-D printing and others are enabling incredible improvements in the construction industry from communications to improved quality, production, savings and safety.

Read entire article here: http://azbigmedia.com/azre-magazine/technology-shakes-projects-planned-scheduled-built