NEW ORLEANS, LA. — The State of Louisiana has awarded a preconstruction contract to national contractor Skanska USA Building and Louisiana-based MAPP Construction for a new $1.2 billion hospital campus in the Mid-City submarket of New Orleans. The companies plan to start work on the site in June.
Plans for the new University Medical Center call for four major structures. At the center will be a 424-bed, 560,000-square-foot teaching hospital. Adjoining it will be a 746,982-square-foot diagnostic and treatment center. Adjacent to the two buildings will be a 254,765-square-foot ambulatory care building. The medical campus will be serviced by a 1,346-car parking deck. Further details about the project were not available.
The project architect is NBBJ. According to local reports, financing will primarily be sought through a $400 million bond sale, which the project's governing board is currently pursuiing. A spokesperson for Skanska claims the completion date for the project is February 2014 but local reports state the project will not be complete until spring 2015.
University Medical Center is being built to replace Charity Hospital, which was shuttered in 2005 after suffering massive damage during Hurricane Katrina.
— Coleman Wood