The largest construction undertaking in the hospital’s 160-year history, the project aims to make the medical experience as stress free as possible for children.
Enormous budget problems at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs replacement hospital in Aurora, Colo., are “primarily the result of poor business decisions, inexperience with the type of contract used and mismanagement by VA senior leaders.”
For the seven-story pavilion at the Scripps Memorial Hospital campus in La Jolla, designers met with physicians, nurses and clinical staff to understand their operational needs, incorporating the findings with the owner’s project guidelines.
On a campus that has been in continuous operation since 1872, the project team delivered a 284-bed, nine-story general acute care hospital that features full diagnostic and treatment departments.
Tasked with replacing three Toronto hospitals with one, the PCL Constructors Canada-led team set out to deliver a facility that would reflect the world-class city it serves.
