Firms Dig In to Clean Up Damaged Florida Hospitals 10/25/2004
Thanks to visits this summer by hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, Nashville-based healthcare giant HCA Inc. estimates its 42 florida hospitals need $40 million of repairs. Damage ranges from leaky roofs and blown-out windows to collapsed walls and trees, says Thomas C. Gormley, HCA vice president of design and construction.
Crews from Bovis Lend Lease, New York City, arrived at HCA's Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte just 14 hours after Charley hit on Aug. 13. The four-story, 175,000-sq-ft hospital lost its roof and air handling units.