Your firm's role in the project: Master Facility Planning, Service Line Planning, CON & Municipal Approvals, Project Management
Type of facility: Replacement Hospital
Number of beds: 82
Specialty services: Emergency Department, ICU, Birth Center, Radiology, and Cardiology
Project vision/goals: Design and deliver a state-of-the-art, 310,000 square foot facility that can accommodate future growth and changes in healthcare delivery, but that is also cost effective, environmentally efficient, and integrates the latest technologies.
As part of an ongoing partnership with the Mercy Medical Center (MMC) system in Des Moines, Iowa, Hammes Company created a multi-campus Master Facility Plan. One result of this planning effort was the recognized need to replace the existing Mercy Capitol Hospital. MMC leaders moved forward with a replacement facility in the growing West Lakes area of West Des Moines. Hammes Company validated this decision and assisted with service line planning, CON and municipal approvals as well as construction manager and general contractor selection.
The new facility is designed to receive LEED Certification, with a focus on energy efficiency. Hammes Company helped to reduce project costs by more than $2M through aggressive value engineering, including the elimination of some design elements that did not address the hospital's mission and creative solutions for noise-dampening technologies.
