Best Project, Healthcare UI Health Specialty Care Building
This new facility houses Illinois Eye & Ear at UI Health and a new outpatient surgery center. The project was the first use of a public-private partnership model for Illinois Healthcare. The six-floor building’s outpatient capacity allows the adjacent existing hospital to focus on acute care.
Early construction planning and strategic procurement during the design phase accelerated project completion by a year. For the three-year period from the onset of schematic design to the first patient day, the team successfully managed pandemic and supply chain disruptions, maintaining the original project completion date of June 2022. Construction began before design was fully complete.