A new medical building that will allow patients to have specialized care, imaging, rehabilitation and follow up physician visits all in the same location, and possibly only a few steps from where they had surgery, is almost complete.
UCHealth Grandview Medical Center, located just north of UCHealth Grandview Hospital in central Colorado Springs, will begin patient visits in December. A celebratory grand opening is planned for early 2021.
“This project is about improved patient access and care continuity,” said Andy Ritchie, Grandview’s chief administrative officer. “Soon, there will be dramatic improvement to our community’s access to orthopedic specialists, primary care providers, rehabilitation services, advanced imaging, and multi-disciplinary care; all of which are in high demand.”
The three-story 65,000-square-foot building features an orthopedic clinic and a free-standing imaging center with the latest technology on its first floor. Grandview Medical Center will feature diagnostic X-ray, MRI, CT, Ultrasound, and DEXA bone density scanning. Also included, and one of the first in the country, is a standing CT machine that can complete images while a patient bears weight on an injured joint. A second floor is devoted to primary care, sports medicine, a multi-disciplinary clinic, as well as laboratory services. The third floor features a rehabilitation clinic with a 7,500 square foot gym and spectacular views of Pikes Peak.
As crews complete the building’s final details, Mary Simon, senior project manager for design and construction, reflected on the events since the Aug. 21, 2019 ground breaking ceremonies. Completing a new building on-time during a global pandemic was a challenge managed by the design and construction team, MBRE Healthcare and contractor, Hensel Phelps.
“This team was proactive,” Simon said. “Early on, they identified potential supplies that could be affected by the pandemic and either bought them in advance or switched suppliers. Conscious, intelligent design decisions were made.”
MBRE specializes in developing and managing health care facilities across the United States.