PARKER, CO — Design partners SmithGroup and Boulder Associates celebrate the groundbreaking of a new 186,000-square-foot, seven-story bed tower addition at AdventHealth Parker Hospital. In partnership with DPR Construction as the general contractor, SmithGroup and Boulder Associates collaborate closely as co-leads in the planning, design, project management, and execution of the health care facility’s expansion.
AdventHealth Parker Hospital is a 170-bed, Level II trauma hospital. The hospital offers patients access to more than 55 medical specialties, including Joint Commission-certified stroke, spine, and joint replacement programs, advanced robotic surgery, neuroscience, birth and bariatric surgery centers of excellence, and more.
The bed tower addition will become a prominent fixture of the existing campus, which is in urgent need of enhancing its health care services for the rapidly growing community of Parker, Colorado. In response to the rising demand for medical-surgical beds, this expansion will significantly increase AdventHealth’s capacity to provide care to its patients and surrounding communities in Parker.
“Achieving this milestone is a testament to our collaborative efforts with Boulder Associates and DPR, with special recognition to AdventHealth’s senior executive team for their meaningful involvement in our decision-making throughout this process, ensuring we meet the increasing health care demands of this community,” said Brenna Costello, SmithGroup Health Studio Leader in Colorado.
When the tower is completely built out, AdventHealth Parker will have an overall capacity of 329 total beds. The addition is situated such that the Emergency Department and the Operating platform can expand to the south with the bed floors following suit above.
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“This expansion marks a significant milestone in AdventHealth’s commitment to addressing the immediate need for expanded health care services in the Parker community," said Tim Riddle, Principal at Boulder Associates. “The entire project team came together to help deliver these essential resources as swiftly and diligently as possible.”
Phase one of the expansion project includes an expanded loading dock for operational efficiency, an expanded emergency department, a new Cath and IR suite, and a new Sterile Processing Department with six new operating rooms. It also adds medical-surgical units with 30 beds per floor on Levels 3 and 4. Levels 5, 6, and 7 will be shelled for future medical-surgical or ICU use. Significant Central Utility Plant upgrades and the relocation of the helipad will also occur during phase one.
Phase one allows for existing space to grow and support the program of the new tower. Phase two of the project will renovate 40,000 square feet of the existing facility, including expansions to the pharmacy, GI department, and pre/post-operative spaces.
“AdventHealth Parker has assembled a great team to manage, design, and deliver this project," said Scott Miller, Mountain States Business Unit Leader at DPR Construction. "Our team has completed multiple renovations and expansions on this campus since the original build. AdventHealth Parker has always been a great place of care, and we take that pride of care into what we build."
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Other key partners included MGA as the structural engineer, Cator Ruma as the MEP engineer, and SA Miro as the civil engineer. The project is being overseen by Adams Management as the owner’s representative.
