Greenville, North Carolina
HEALTHCARE
“12 months into construction, the project is on schedule and under budget. We have a great team on this project, and the joint venture with local contractors could not be working better.”
—Timothy J. McDonnell, AIA, chief design and construction officer, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina
It wasn’t long after groundbreaking that McCarthy and joint venture partner T.A. Loving began setting steel for the state-of-the-art, 6-story, 375,000-square-foot East Carolina Heart Institute at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
In November 2006, less than one year and 100,000 manhours since construction began, the $109 million tower topped out and work began in earnest on the building enclosure. Right now there are 200 tradespeople working on site. As work moves inside, the workforce will steadily increase until it finally reaches 350. The facility is scheduled for completion in September 2008. The Institute, the first in North Carolina devoted specifically and exclusively to the research, treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases, will provide 168 beds for patients undergoing procedures for cardiac medicine, cardiac surgery and vascular surgery. Architect: HDR, Inc., Dallas.
