DETROIT, MI — Henry Ford Health Energy Partners, a team including Kiewit and Veolia Energy Operating Services, LLC, announces its partnership with Henry Ford Health, an academic and integrated health system, to develop and operate their new Central Energy Hub as part of the Destination: Grand project, a major expansion of its century-old hospital campus in Detroit.

The Central Energy Hub, a key component of the expansion, will provide heating and cooling via a hot- and cold-water system that will tie into the new hospital facilities. The facility’s design incorporates advanced technologies such as electrification, waste heat recovery, and digital energy management. The plant supports Henry Ford Health’s goal of achieving net zero by 2050.

The Henry Ford Health Energy Partners team is led by Kiewit Development Company with Kiewit Power Constructors Co. and with Veolia, providing the design-build and operations respectively.

“We are very excited to be partnering with Henry Ford Health to help them deliver on their overall hospital campus expansion plans to better serve the people of Detroit," said Sam Chai, President at Kiewit Development Company. "With project financing that includes tax-exempt green bonds, our team worked tirelessly to provide a cost-effective solution for Henry Ford Health that also reflects the project’s important emphasis on sustainability.”

To facilitate the tax-exempt green bond issuance, Kiewit Development Company teamed up with Provident Resources Group Inc., a national 501(c)(3) organization and manager of projects in various sectors including health care, education, workforce housing, hospitality, governmental, and essential services.

Veolia will provide operations management, as well as preventative and lifecycle maintenance over a 30-year term.

“As part of our GreenUp strategy, Veolia is excited to lead operations at the planned Central Energy Hub and help advance the sustainable development goals of Henry Ford Health through this innovative project in Detroit’s New Center neighborhood," said Patrick Schultz, CEO of Sustainable Industries and Buildings for Veolia North America. "By employing advanced digital monitoring, predictive and lifecycle maintenance, and engaging facility stakeholders in ongoing improvement projects, we plan to set the standard for sustainable health care operations.”

The Energy Partners team is committed to engaging and including minority- and women-owned subcontractors as well as those that are based in Detroit. Construction on the Central Energy Hub is expected to begin in late 2024.