Shands Cancer Hospital at the University of Florida, Gainesville
The $364-million, 192-bed Shands Cancer Hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville is the product of a visionary organization that, together with a dedicated team of architects, engineers, construction managers, and health-care providers, wanted to create a healing environment that would provide a comfortable place for families and caretakers while enhancing functionality, quality and provider well-being.
Shands HealthCare partnered with Flad Architects and Skanska USA to work as a noncontractual integrated team to create a long-term expansion program and then design and build the first phase of that plan. Operating on principles of shared risk, budget transparency, mutual respect and collaborative problem-solving and conflict resolution, the integrated team delivered a 500,000-sq-ft hospital in 48 months – shaving a year off the traditional timetable for a project of this size and scope.