KBR Building Group Tops Out Duke Medicine Cancer Center
December 08 2010 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
KBR (NYSE:KBR) today announced that its Building Group has
topped out the new Duke Medicine Cancer Center facility project in
Charlotte, North Carolina. KBR started work on the Cancer Center in
2009.
The 267,000 square foot, seven-floor facility will house major
cancer programs, including Radiology and Diagnostic Treatment, 105
multi-disciplinary exam rooms, 75 infusion stations, 25 clinic
rooms and three linear accelerators. Other notable features include
an outdoor infusion terrace, first floor café and a patient
resource center.
Construction began in the spring of 2009 and completion is
expected in early 2012. The site for the new Duke Cancer Center
facility is adjacent to the Duke Clinic Reception Building and
existing Morris Cancer Center. The Duke Cancer Center facility
project is proceeding slightly ahead of the Duke Medicine Pavilion,
a major hospital addition also being constructed by KBR's Building
Group.
Work on the 660,000 square foot Duke Medicine Pavilion began in
February of 2010 and is scheduled for completion in 2013. It
consists of an eight-floor hospital addition with 18 new operating
rooms, 96 critical care beds, 64 intermediate beds, and a new
imaging platform. Also included in this project is an expanded
patient resource center with a health library, an inter-operative
surgical imaging area, a multi-level concourse and a new
café. Both projects are designed to achieve LEED Silver
certification and include green roof space and rooftop terraces,
use of sustainable building materials and energy efficient
mechanical systems.
KBR's Building Group is also constructing several enabling
projects which support the overall program including a South
Concourse addition, a Quadrangle addition, demolition of a research
building, and an open space package consisting of site utilities,
storm water upgrades and a major landscaping.
The two projects are part of a nearly $1 billion capital
commitment by Duke Medicine to focus on improving patient centered
care.
“We are pleased to continue our relationship with the Building
Group as we expand the ability of Duke Medicine to provide the
finest in healthcare to our patients," said Shawn Subasic,
Director, Facility Planning, Design & Construction, Duke
Medicine.
“We are delighted to have been chosen to work with the Duke
Medicine on these compelling and extraordinary projects. Healthcare
is a huge part of what the Building Group is focused on and these
are two of the most sophisticated projects with which we have been
involved," said Luther Cochrane, Chairman of the Building Group.
"We have enjoyed a great relationship with Duke and their
consultants and look forward to the successful completion of these
two landmark projects.”
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