Doing major, invasive construction surgery without compromising sensitive treatment activities in a high-intensity, critical care hospital takes extreme planning and an immersive level of quality control, but so far, about halfway through a five-phase project in Englewood, Colo., the owners representative says the contractor "has made it work."
Since 1956, more than 30,000 people with spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries have been served by the patient-centered treatment and research of Craig Hospital in suburban Denver. Ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top 10 rehab hospitals in the U.S. since 1990, its specialists receive patients from intensive care units and, a few months later, release them with state-of-the art therapies and new skills for living.