RICHMOND, VA — Skanska, a global construction and development firm, announces the successful completion of the renovation and vertical expansion at Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center in Midlothian, Virginia. Most notably, the project features a two-story expansion over the current critical care tower, which includes a new medical/surgical unit and a new intensive care unit (ICU). This work doubles NICU capacity care in addition to providing private NICU spaces.
“We are honored to play a part in supporting Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center expand their care and services to meet the needs of the exponential growth in the greater Richmond area,” said Mark Balling, General Manager and Executive Vice President of Skanska’s building operations in North Carolina and Virginia. “We achieved over 40 percent small, woman-, and minority-owned business participation on this project, which is a testament to our commitment to deliver high-quality health care projects that make a difference in the communities where we live and work.”
The total 180,000-square-foot, 55-bed renovation and expansion project also included:
- Converting the former ICU into a 10-bed observation unit
- Constructing a new 24-bed mother infant unit
- Adding an open MRI to the hospital campus
- Expanding the preadmission and pulmonary function testing suite with associated support spaces
- Adding a new outpatient retail pharmacy as well as a new inpatient pharmacy with a prefabricated clean room
- Expanding the Neonatal ICU from 10 open bays to 11 private rooms and three bays
- Extending two existing elevators and stairways and adding a third elevator to accommodate the two new floors
- Constructing the first registered ground mounted helipad to the campus for support of life flights
- Offering extensive site renovations and parking for the public, physicians, and valet areas
