SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — Bernards has broken ground on a $110 million, six-story patient tower for Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in the Santa Clarita Valley, about 33 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
Bernards is responsible for all aspects of the design-build project and has teamed with its primary design partner, HMC Architects. The project is scheduled for completion in May of 2018.
The 160,000-square-foot tower will connect to the existing 238-bed nonprofit community hospital and trauma center. The expansion initially will add 112 private patient rooms and other hospital services.
The facility will feature an entire floor dedicated to obstetrics services, which includes 22 antepartum/postpartum private rooms and seven labor, delivery and recovery rooms, as well as two operating rooms for C-section delivery.
The new patient tower also will provide three floors of private rooms for patients, a new kitchen and dining area, and an outside dining garden. The roof of the tower will support primary trauma services with a heliport.
One floor of the tower, approximately 21,500 square feet, will be left as an unfinished space, ready for build-out of up to 30 additional patient rooms when needed. Additionally, the project includes a new loading dock and central utility plant.
“The new addition to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital will serve the greater Santa Clarita community for generations to come,” says Greg Simons, Bernards COO.
Over the years, Bernards has built a number of healthcare projects in Southern California. This is the fifth design-build project featuring the partnership of Bernards and HMC Architects. Kirk Rose of HMC Architects is leading the design effort for this project.
Bernards is a Los Angeles-based commercial builder and construction management company providing services to healthcare providers, developers, corporate entities, educational institutions and governmental agencies.
— Haisten Willis