Healthcare

LONGVIEW — Arlington-based Ascension Group Architects has begun the expansion and renovation of Longview Regional Medical Center, located in Longview. The 175,000-square-foot expansion includes 100 new acute care rooms, a three-story tower, third and fourth floors to the existing building and space for new physicians. The floors of the existing building will be renovated as well to make room for eight oncology beds on the first floor and moving 15 beds in the skilled nursing unit from the first floor to the second floor. Also, five maternity units will be added to the existing six units, and 13 antepartum/postpartum beds will be added to the existing 17. In the nursery, 10 bassinets will be added to bring the total to 24. The new expansion will also add four triage spaces and a C-section room. Birmingham, Ala.-based Robins & Morton is serving as general contractor for the expansion project, which will be built in phases and is slated for a late 2013 completion.

FRISCO — Dallas-based BOKA Powell has completed work on the 141,500-square-foot Forest Park Medical Center at Frisco Square, a four-story surgical hospital located in Frisco. The hospital features five-star amenities such as VIP patient suites, an upmarket restaurant, upscale ambiance and a grand lobby. The facility consists of 56,000 square feet of medical office space, 34,000 square feet of retail space and a 600-car parking structure. The medical office space features 12 operating rooms, 40 patient rooms and 14 VIP patient suites. Neal Richards Group developed the property.

HARKER HEIGHTS — Ascension Group Architects has finished work on the $100 million Seton Medical Center Harker Heights, located at 850 W. Central Expressway in Harker Heights. The facility is a joint venture between Austin-based Seton Family of Hospitals and Plano-based LHP Hospital Group. The 192,400-square-foot Seton Medical Center is the first new hospital in Bell County in 35 years. The hospital features a full-service emergency department, intensive care units, women's services department, cardiology, interventional cardiology, orthopedics, neurosurgery and imaging and diagnostic services. Sandy, Utah-based Layton Construction was the general contractor for the project.