ROLLA, MO — McCarthy Building Companies Inc. and Phelps Health Medical Clinic and Hospital recently celebrated the placement of the final structural beam on the Emergency Department addition and renovation. Phelps Health leadership addressed a gathered crowd, showing the community's investment in the project and the growing need for expanded emergency care in the region.
The topping-out event honored the completion of the new Phelps Health Emergency Department’s steel framework and recognized the work of McCarthy’s steel team, which erected approximately 616 tons of steel in less than three months.
“We're incredibly proud of our crews for that achievement and inspired to see how deeply this community and Phelps Health leadership have embraced the project,” McCarthy Senior Project Manager Tim Kehr said. “There is a real need for these new services in Rolla, and McCarthy is here to help build a facility with greater capacity and resources that fulfill the region’s health care needs.”
With the steel structure complete, the project team will shift its focus to concrete slabs and the building’s façade.
Located in the Ozark Highlands, the Phelps Health Rolla main medical campus is the largest rural-serving hospital in south-central Missouri. Its new emergency department will nearly double the current department’s footprint, expanding to 38,000 square feet with 32 treatment beds, observation rooms, and larger behavioral health spaces. New services for the department will introduce onsite imaging, such as CT, radiology, and ultrasound. The project also includes an added 40,000 square feet of shell space — reserved space for future customization as Phelps Health’s patient and staff needs evolve.
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The ceremony drew Phelps Health staff, McCarthy leadership and the project team, subcontractors, and members of the Rolla community, continuing a tradition of public engagement that has followed the project since groundbreaking.
Ahead of the ceremony, the beam was moved into the hospital's main lobby, where Phelps Health staff, patients, and community members added their signatures. Adorned with those signatures, the American flag, and a lone evergreen tree, the beam stood as a symbol of the partnership between contractor, client, and community.
McCarthy Building Companies Inc. is a U.S. construction company with more than 160 years of experience delivering complex projects across commercial, institutional, industrial, and civil utility infrastructure markets. McCarthy is a 100 percent employee-owned company with more than 8,000 salaried employees and craft professionals nationwide.
