Mission Viejo, California
HEALTHCARE
“McCarthy has proven to be proactive and resolution-oriented, rare qualities in an industry where blind self-protection is often the norm.”
—James Ho, regional director of construction, St. Joseph Health System
McCarthy is currently conducting extensive site work before erecting an acute care tower addition to Mission Hospital, one of 14 non-profit hospitals in the St. Joseph Health System.
As McCarthy’s ninth project for the healthcare organization, the new 95,000-square-foot patient tower will house 24 medical/surgical and 40 ICU beds, diagnostic imaging, nuclear medicine, a linear accelerator, a chapel and meditation garden, as well as support and mechanical space. McCarthy will also build a 175-foot-long pedestrian bridge to connect the new four-level patient tower with the main hospital building. Construction systems include a braced-frame structure to reduce the size of the columns and beams and to provide superior seismic performance in compliance with California acute care hospital building regulations. Featuring award-winning architecture, the facility is designed to promote healing for patients, a comfortable atmosphere for families and an enhanced state-of-the-art working environment for hospital staff. The project is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2009.
Architect: RBB Architects, Inc., Los Angeles.
