After nearly a year of planning and preparation in the design phase, Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana, has broken ground on its $109 million building expansion- the Beacon Project.
The project consists of a 200,000 square foot, five-story, 120-bed inpatient tower to be known as Gibault Memorial, as well as a redesign of key health care service areas and upgrade of the hospital’s critical engineering systems.
The new inpatient tower will feature state-of-the-art heart and obstetrics centers. Renovations will be made to the Columbian Towers for department offices and three floors of the Health Pavilion will be redesigned to make way for physician offices and an improved orthopedics area.
The groundbreaking ceremony was held on 12 June, where Rob McLin, President and CEO of Good Samaritan Hospital expressed his excitement about the new expansion. "The Beacon Project is the single largest project in the 104 year history of Good Samaritan Hospital. It is an extremely exciting time for our hospital and our community. “
Good Samaritan Hospital is working with BSA LifeStructures of Indianapolis as the architect/engineer on the project, and Hunt Construction of Indianapolis will act as the construction manager.
“We get one chance to do this right! Therefore, we spent considerable time vetting our partners,” added McLin. “Hunt Construction was our choice for construction manager and we have been extremely pleased with our early progress. It is all about building trusting relationships and that is where Hunt has excelled in their interactions with our hospital team."
Brent Bohan, construction manager with Hunt, shared his anticipation about the project. "We are excited to partner with Good Samaritan Hospital and BSA LifeStructures to achieve the hospital's goal of becoming a regional center of excellence for healthcare. Our goal is to not only build quality new facilities that provide state of the art healthcare, but to also build lasting relationships with our partners."
Hunt has a long history of healthcare projects nationwide including VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System Medical Center in Las Vegas, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center in Pittsburgh, LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and numerous others around the country.
