McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., recognized as one of the nation’s largest builders of healthcare facilities, recently completed construction of the $153 million Patient Care Tower at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo. Built next to the existing Mission Hospital tower at the southeast corner of Crown Valley Parkway and Medical Center Road, the new four-level patient tower was completed ahead of schedule and opened on November 15, 2009.

The new tower features a patient-centered design along with next-generation advancements in healthcare technology and seismic building safety. The latest in advanced diagnostic and patient care services are housed within the 345-bed Mission Viejo campus including: 44 beds, advanced diagnostic imaging, nuclear medicine, the Zimmer Neuroscience Wing, the Swenson Family Linear Accelerator Suite and the Schumacher Healing Garden.  The expansion also includes a new chapel available to patients and visitors of all faiths 24 hours, seven days a week. The chapel was made possible by a $1 million commitment from the Auxiliary of Mission Hospital.

“After nine years of planning and two years of construction, Mission Hospital is now the diagnostically most advanced hospital in the country,” said Peter F. Bastone, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mission Hospital. “The tower was built to provide the future of healthcare to south Orange County, recognizing the diverse, growing needs of our community.”

Designed by RBB Architects Inc. of Los Angeles, the new Patient Care Tower’s award-winning architecture was created to promote healing for patients, a comfortable atmosphere for families and an enhanced state-of-the-art working environment for hospital staff.  Some of the tower’s patient and family friendly highlights will include: private rooms, an expanded family area, dedicated sleep chairs for guests and wireless connectivity throughout the hospital.

McCarthy served as general contractor for the new tower as well as an underground tunnel and a 175-foot-long pedestrian bridge that connects the new facility with the main hospital building on the third floor. Prior to erecting the tower, McCarthy conducted 11 months of significant site work including the installation of new utilities, re-configuring the entrance to the hospital and parking lot and demolishing an existing two-story conference center.

The new Patient Care Tower utilizes a braced-frame structural system to reduce the size of the columns and beams and to provide superior seismic performance in compliance with California Senate Bill 1953, which requires strict seismic regulations for all acute care facilities. The main vertical systems such as elevators, stairs, mechanical and electrical shafts are positioned outside the braced floor area. These features maximize the floor-space and provide flexibility to accommodate current and future space needs.

The project features a chapel in a half-cylinder structure with an inclined roof supported from the top by radial trusses. Additionally, the Schumacher Healing Garden alongside the chapel includes sitting areas and lush landscape to evoke serene space for relaxation, prayer and meditation. The chapel and healing garden are strategically located between the existing tower and the new tower to invite easy access for the entire community and to emphasize the spiritual and holistic healing mission of the hospital.

The Tower’s exterior is composed of metal panel cladding and an exposed steel braced-frame conveying a sense of the highly technological, state-of-the-art activities contained within. A cascading fountain in the entry drive immediately creates a relaxing setting for patients and visitors driving up to and entering the hospital. Extensive glazing provides an abundance of natural light, promoting an uplifting and healing environment for patients and an enhanced working atmosphere for the staff.

“Constructing a high-tech hospital with complex mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems requires advanced design and construction skills,” said McCarthy Project Manager Todd Foos. “A critical component used to deliver this complex healthcare facility on-time and within budget, was Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology in which the team created virtual 3-D mock-ups of the complex, above-ceiling utilities, in-wall coordination for high congestion areas and on the tower’s unique building exterior in which structural members were located outside the envelope of the exterior skin. The use of 3D modeling proved highly successful in helping us visualize and resolve system’s clashes before construction began. As a result, the design and construction team coordinated approximately 125,000 square feet of MEP work nearly twice as fast as using traditional 2D coordination and avoided costly change orders on construction of the building exterior that could have valued over $2.5 million if BIM had not been utilized.”

The use of BIM on the Mission Hospital Patient Care Tower was so successful that St. Joseph Health System was awarded the Gold Constructech Vision Award for the project’s use of a high level of BIM detail modeling for the exterior skin of the building. The award is based on the use of technology to promote innovation within the construction industry.  Vico Software of Boulder, Colorado worked with the facilities and design and construction team to implement BIM modeling for the building’s exterior.

“The St. Joseph Health System has been pioneering implementation of Building Information Management (BIM) on major projects over the last four years,” said Jim Bostic, AVP of Construction for SJHS.  “The Mission Hospital Acute Care Tower was the first project to use the highest level of definition for  modeling the exterior skin of the building. This required the modeling team to define every building element, which included structural members, metal stud framing, fireproofing, drywall and metal panels. As the reception of the 2009 Gold Constructech Vision Award attests, the team’s commitment to the modeling effort was successful in every regard, surpassing our expectations in both time and cost savings.”

About Mission Hospital
Mission Hospital provides south Orange County communities with access to advanced care and advanced caring through two convenient locations, Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach. Mission Hospital has been serving the greater needs of the community for nearly 40 years, improving the quality of life in the communities we serve.  Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo is an acute care, full-service facility providing the most advanced healthcare services and diagnostic care to south Orange County. One of only three designated trauma centers in the county, the hospital offers 24-hour emergency care and specialized services through its Mission Imaging Center, Mission Heart Center, Mission Stroke Center, Mission Maternity Center and Mission Women’s Wellness Center. The hospital also offers the highest level of care in orthopedics, rehabilitation, cancer, spine and vascular services. Mission Hospital Laguna Beach’s healthcare services include 24-hour emergency, intensive and medical-surgical care as well as behavioral health and chemical dependency and chronic pain medicine abuse treatment. CHOC Children’s at Mission Hospital, a separately licensed pediatric hospital on the Mission Viejo campus, serves as the only designated pediatric healthcare center in south Orange County.  A member of the St. Joseph Health System, the 552-bed hospital is one of 14 not-for-profit hospitals sponsored by the St. Joseph Health Ministry.  For more information, visit www.mission4health.com.

About McCarthy
Founded in 1864, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest commercial construction companies and has been ranked among the top five national healthcare builders by Modern Healthcare since the magazine began its annual ranking more than 30 years ago. The company provides general contracting, construction management, program management and design/build services for healthcare, education, parking, entertainment, retail, laboratory, biotechnical, microelectronic, and industrial facilities; green buildings; office buildings; tenant interiors; mixed-use; and bridges and highways.  McCarthy is 100 percent employee-owned.  More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.

Located in the heart of the city at 3020 Children’s Way, the new $260 million Rady Children’s Hospital Patient Care Pavilion is on track to become one of California’s first LEED certified OSHPD (Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development) healthcare facilities under strict guidelines set forth by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Prominently visible from San Diego’s I-805, the Rady Children’s Hospital Patient Care Pavilion is situated on a 148,650-square-foot site at the southeast end of the hospital campus, adjacent to the existing Rady Children’s Hospital Rose Pavilion. A bridge will connect the existing facility to the new four-story building.

The Patient Care Pavilion will house a much-needed surgical center, 84 medical-surgical beds, a neo-natal intensive care center, and cancer center. The facility will have 16 operating rooms with associated support departments, a 28-bed hematology and oncology unit, 10-bed bone marrow transplant intensive care unit, 32-bed neo-natal intensive care unit, and 84 acuity adaptable medical surgery beds. Construction began in December 2007 and is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2010.

“Rady Children’s Hospital is committed to adopting green practices throughout its operations,” said Tim Jacoby, vice president of facilities for Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego. “The McCarthy team is successfully moving us toward our goal of becoming the largest children’s hospital in the state with a world-class, LEED certified facility.”

Not only will the Rady Children’s Hospital Patient Care Pavilion be one of the first LEED certified OSHPD facilities in California, it also will be one of the first LEED certified healthcare facilities within San Diego County. So far, only a few healthcare organizations in the region have applied to meet LEED requirements.

Designed by San Francisco-based architectural firm Ashen + Allen, the new Children’s Hospital Patient Care Pavilion features a glass-fiber reinforced, precast concrete exterior; dimensional travertine stone; storefront and curtain wall glass systems with colored accents; and metal panels, railings and canopies.

“McCarthy has a huge responsibility placed on them to carry through with construction of the facility’s sustainable design in a thoughtful, practical manner,” said Ashen + Allen’s Eric Lum, Ph.D, AIA, LEED AP, LEED project administrator. “They’ve been extremely diligent with the construction coordination.”

Building one of the first LEED designed OSHPD healthcare facilities in California is a job McCarthy has taken as seriously as the cause:  fulfilling the increased demand for children’s critical care in the San Diego area. To knowledgeably address the LEED aspects of the project, McCarthy employed a dedicated LEED AP professional and, since the project began in early 2008, nine of the team’s members have become LEED APs.

The McCarthy team is targeting 20 percent below Title 24 requirements for energy efficiency. Other sustainable features include a reflective concrete “cool roof” that will minimize heat gain and control rainwater runoff; recycled and locally obtained steel, concrete and other building materials; low VOC-emitting paints, glues, carpet, and wood; water-efficient landscaping; natural light; high-efficiency air conditioning and mechanical systems; and a dedicated bicycle storage area.  Nearly 80 percent of construction waste materials at the job site is being recycled.

In addition to providing outstanding indoor air quality, the design will maximize natural light and utilize high-efficiency air conditioning and mechanical equipment to provide sustainable, lower-overall life cycle operating costs that positively impact the ongoing operation of the hospital. The building also will feature a green roof system that will help control the rainwater run-off from the roof.

As a pediatric institution, the new Rady Children’s Hospital Patient Care Pavilion will provide an environment focused on the needs and imaginations of children. Central to the theme of the hospital are “Carley’s Magical Gardens”, a series of mythical healing gardens designed through the collaboration of artists T.J. Dixon, Kim Emerson, Albert De Matteis, and James Nelson.

Located on the second floor off the hematology and oncology unit, the primary healing garden will hold hidden clues that lead children to 12 golden eggs belonging to “Marisa, the Magical Bird”.  When their search is complete, they can put their wishes into Marisa’s “golden locket”, where they later will be collected by staff to better understand the children’s thoughts and needs. “Carley’s Birthday Party”, featuring a life-size bronze figure of a young girl sitting at an eight-foot-long table holding her puppy, will be the centerpiece of the healing garden, and provide a place for organized activities as well as a gathering point for large families. Other whimsical objects include a mosaic tile and concrete tree house,  bronze statue of “Digger the Dog”, playhouse with mechanical toys, privacy bench, performance stage, and interactive garden screens and gates.

A second landscaped healing garden for parents and siblings will be located on the first floor, off the main entrance. Visitors can meander down a pathway and over a wooden bridge, where they will be taken to a magical place with “Turtles Taking Tea at the Tidelands Fountain”, the “Court of the Frog King”, and a 17-foot mahagony and brass row boat complete with a ships wheel and throttle. The mosaic tile “River of Life” within the healing garden ties into the “Fountain of Life” wall in the lobby. Outside the main entrance will be two groupings of life-size painted bronze seals – one a mother with two cubs, the other four seals gleefully frolicking.

A third landscaped garden, located on the third floor, will feature a bronze dog with its puppies, interactive garden screens, and various sound elements. A fourth outdoor landscaped area on the first floor, named the Leichtag Family Healing Garden in honor of its donor, is intended for use by staff.

“Our construction team is inspired by the passion and commitment of the Rady Children’s Hospital staff to bring this project to life,” said McCarthy Executive Vice President Ron Hall.  “We understand this is not just another construction project, but rather a life-saving mission on behalf of parents and their children.”

KPFF of San Francisco is the structural engineer; RBF, San Diego, civil engineer; Randall Lamb, San Diego, electrical engineer; Shadpour Consulting Engineers, San Diego, mechanical engineer; and Royston Hanamoto Alley & Abey of Mill Valley is serving as landscape architect.

McCarthy also performed design/build services for the adjacent 332,279-square-foot, 1,000-car parking structure including a podium deck to accommodate the new Ronald McDonald House.

About McCarthy
Founded in 1864, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest commercial construction companies and has been ranked among the top five national healthcare builders by Modern Healthcare since the magazine began its annual ranking more than 30 years ago. The company provides general contracting, construction management, program management and design/build services for healthcare, education, parking, entertainment, retail, laboratory, biotechnical, microelectronic, and industrial facilities; green buildings; office buildings; tenant interiors; mixed-use; and bridges and highways.  McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned.  More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.

“This ceremony marks our progress toward the successful completion of a hospital expansion for a facility that has a rich tradition of continually working to find a cure for cancer,” said McCarthy’s Texas Division President, Mike McWay.  “We are excited to surpass this construction milestone as we top out the Alkek Hospital Expansion, which will have a lasting impact on the area.”

“As the demand for inpatient beds continues to rise, we are seeing occupancies in excess of 100%.  Achieving this milestone resonates with everyone at M. D. Anderson as we seek to meet the needs of our growing patient population,” said M. D. Anderson Cancer Center ‘s Project Director, Janet Sisolak.

The Topping-Out ceremony marked the completion of the highest point of construction on the job site.  Instead of the traditional Topping-Out ceremony of placing an evergreen at the highest point of the structure, M. D. Anderson faculty, staff and patients had the opportunity to sign their names and write messages on three steel beams to be used in the construction.

The 500,000-square-foot vertical expansion will be completed in multiple phases.  The first phase prepared the existing Alkek Hospital for the vertical expansion and included selective demolition, temporary waterproofing activities and the installation of a tower crane and a personnel/material hoist.  The second phase consists of the core and shell construction.  The third phase will include the construction of the first three inpatient floors and is expected to be complete in 2010.  Five additional patient floors will be built as shell space in addition to the construction of a mechanical floor and the renovation of several areas within the existing building, including level 12, which contains special air filtering systems dedicated to patients with compromised immune systems.

McCarthy is one of the most experienced builders of healthcare facilities in Texas.  In addition to the M. D. Anderson Alkek Hospital expansion, McCarthy’s roster of healthcare projects includes work for United Regional Healthcare Systems in Wichita Falls,  the Carillon Point Plaza in Lubbock, as well as numerous renovation and expansion projects at the Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco, including a $25 million hospital tower expansion, a $5.8 million addition of a 28,000-square-foot emergency department, a $5 million conference center and a $2.2 million renovation of 14,000 square feet of outpatient services.

The M. D. Anderson Alkek Hospital expansion began in January 2008 and is scheduled for completion in 2010.  The architect for this design-build project is HKS, Inc. of Dallas.

About The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Celebrating more than six decades of Making Cancer History^®, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is located in Houston on the sprawling campus of the Texas Medical Center. It is one of the world’s most respected centers devoted exclusively to cancer patient care, research, education and prevention.   M. D. Anderson Cancer Center was created by the Texas Legislature in 1941 as a component of The University of Texas System. The institution is one of the nation’s original three Comprehensive Cancer Centers designated by the National Cancer Act of 1971, and is one of 39 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers today.  In 2009, U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” survey ranked M. D. Anderson as the top hospital in the nation for cancer care. M. D. Anderson has achieved the top ranking six times in the past ten years and has ranked as one of the top two hospitals for cancer care for 18 years, since the magazine began its annual survey in 1990.

About McCarthy
Celebrating nearly 30 years of building in Texas, McCarthy is one of the nation’s oldest privately held construction firms.  An employee-owned company, McCarthy offers general contracting, construction management and design/build services for the following project types: parking structures, healthcare, educational, office buildings, bridges and highways, laboratory, biotechnology, entertainment, retail, microelectronic, and industrial facilities, tenant interiors, mixed-use and multifamily residential.  In addition to Dallas, McCarthy has offices in Sacramento, San Francisco, San Diego and Newport Beach, Calif.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; St. Louis and Atlanta.

“We are thrilled to begin construction on our new state-of-the-art hospital facility,” said Greg Christian, executive director of Kaiser Permanente’s Fontana and Ontario Medical Centers. “We are building the new facility to provide our members with state-of-the-art medical services and to meet the new, more rigorous seismic safety standards established by the state of California. Once completed, our new hospital will be one of the largest and most innovative healthcare facilities in the Inland Empire.”

Serving as the general contractor for the $430 million (construction cost) project, McCarthy’s contract entails construction of a new member and doctor parking lot as well as the relocation of utilities prior to constructing a 323-bed, 481,000-square-foot hospital, a 50,000-square foot hospital support building and a 23,000-square-foot central utility plant. To comply with the seismic requirements imposed by California SB 1953, the new seven-level hospital features a plaster and curtain wall exterior with a structural braced-frame core. McCarthy has been constructing the parking lot and preparing the site for construction of the replacement hospital since October 2008.

The new hospital is being built just 25 feet away from the existing hospital and 70 feet away from other operational medical facilities. “Building a major hospital facility on an extremely tight site surrounded by an operational medical center will take a great deal of planning and coordination,” said McCarthy Project Director Stephen Green. “To minimize disruption to the existing facilities, McCarthy will collaborate closely with hospital administration and project subcontractors and suppliers. We will also utilize ‘just-in-time delivery,’ stage materials off-site and shuttle construction workers in from a remote parking area.”

Scheduled for completion in December 2012, the new hospital will house a variety of specialty services including a cardiac surgery department, a 51-bed emergency department, pediatric and neonatal ICU, inpatient dialysis unit, pediatrics, ICU, labor and delivery, cardiac cath lab and surgery. The hospital support building will be attached to the hospital and includes medical offices, radiology, a pharmacy and a specialty clinic.

McCarthy will incorporate sustainable building methods throughout the project such as recycling building materials, minimizing unrecyclable construction waste and maintaining proper indoor air quality. Likewise, HMC’s design of these structures incorporates numerous sustainable and energy efficiency solutions. The project’s environmentally conscious features include energy efficient lighting, electrical, air conditioning and plumbing systems; use of reclaimed water for landscaping and cooling towers; light colored sustainable roofing; dual pane exterior window glazing and natural day lighting.

The Fontana Medical Center project is one of three Kaiser Permanente medical centers for which HMC has led a design collaboration effort with two other architectural teams. The other two projects will be built in Anaheim and Hayward/San Leandro.

“Although the project is a part of Kaiser’s innovative hospital template system and has a similar design to other Kaiser facilities that have already been built, the Fontana project has some unique design challenges,” explained HMC Principal in Charge Chin Lee. “We have developed solutions for integrating the new buildings with the existing structures within a constrained, sloping site and maximizing pedestrian safety and way-finding.”

“In order to deliver this complex healthcare project on time and on-budget, McCarthy, HMC and the project’s key subcontractors are utilizing the design-assist delivery method to complete the project design documents,” said Green.  As a part of the design-assist effort, the project team is utilizing building information modeling (BIM) coordination technology to manage the project’s complex structural, architectural and mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems.

“Design-assist delivery and BIM coordination allow the construction and design team to ensure the design is complete and buildable at the project outset, which in turn streamlines the project schedule by mitigating design revisions and increasing field efficiency,” said Green.

Additional project consultants include: structural engineer Saiful Bouquet and mechanical engineer TeddJacobs Engineering Group. The design-assist subcontracting team is Herrick Corp, Sharp Interiors, Berger Bros, Tower Glass, Swisslog, Cosco, Southland Industries and SASCO.

About Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is America’s leading integrated health plan. Kaiser Permanente’s Southern California Region is a nonprofit, group practice prepayment program headquartered in Pasadena, California. Kaiser Permanente serves the health care needs of 3.3 million Southern California members from Bakersfield to San Diego. It encompasses the nonprofit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and their subsidiaries, and the for-profit Southern California Permanente Medical Group. Kaiser Permanente’s Southern California Region includes more than 47,000 technical, administrative and clerical employees and caregivers, and more than 5,200 physicians representing all specialties. More information about Kaiser Permanente can be found at www.kaiserpermanente.com.

About HMC Architects
Throughout its history, HMC Architects has established a reputation as an award-winning design firm and thought leader for healthcare, education, and government facilities. Founded in 1940, HMC is one of the most prominent planning and design firms with offices strategically located throughout the west. To learn more about HMC Architects or to arrange interviews with the firm’s executive leadership, please contact Tracy Black at (800) 350-9979.

About McCarthy
Founded in 1864, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest commercial construction companies and has been ranked among the top five national healthcare builders by Modern Healthcare since the magazine began its annual ranking more than 30 years ago.  The company provides general contracting, construction management, program management and design/build services for education, healthcare, parking, entertainment, retail, laboratory, biotechnical, microelectronic, and industrial facilities; green buildings;  office buildings; tenant interiors; mixed-use; and bridges and highways.  McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned.  More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.

HEALTHCARE

“This tremendous project is very important to USC and the community…I am excited to see this facility open.”

- Dr. Carmen A. Puliafito, dean, Keck School of Medicine of USC

As part of a tri-venture, McCarthy recently completed construction for Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, a $600 million facility that comprises a 7-story clinic building, 8-story patient tower, 5-story diagnostic and treatment building, and a central energy plant across 1.5 million square feet.

Designed to meet strict seismic standards, the complex replaces a facility damaged during the Northridge earthquake. The outpatient building, which can accommodate 1,500 patients per day, and the 600-bed inpatient tower were built using brace frame construction that remains rigid during an earthquake. In the center of the complex, the diagnostic and treatment (D&T) building was designed with a seismic base-isolation system that can withstand 28 inches of movement in any direction, seismic portals between it and other buildings, and a metal panel “moat” that can overlap and absorb impact. Joint Venture Partners: Clark Construction Group, LLC, Costa Mesa, Calif.; Hunt Construction Group. Scottsdale, Ariz. Program Architects: Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc. (HOK), Culver City, Calif.; Lee, Burkhart, Liu, Inc. (LBL), Marina Del Rey, Calif.

HEALTHCARE

“FCI/McCarthy has provided excellent construction management and logistical leadership throughout the project.”

— Robert D. Jenkins/AIA/Architect, owner’s representative, The Century Project

The Century Project reached an important milestone recently when employees from St. Mary’s, McCarthy and its joint venture partner FCI, watched as the final beam was raised 240 feet above street level and set in place on the steel skeleton of the 12-story patient tower.

Construction of the tower, which is the centerpiece of The Century Project, has presented a host of interesting challenges. A tight site with little lay down area and tie-ins to adjacent facilities (one built in 1948 and the other in 1985) are just two of the issues complicating the work. But, with 375 construction workers on site, the building continues on schedule and on budget. When the new tower opens in 2009, reconfiguration and remodeling of the existing hospital space will begin. The Century Project will be completed in 2011. Architect: Perkins+Will, Minneapolis, Minn.

The $300,000 project, which began on August 25, 2008, included demolition and reconstruction of two sleep rooms, a kitchen area and family room. Contractors gutted the space and installed new lighting, drywall, carpeting, ceiling tile, casework and paint.  Once construction was completed earlier this month, the renovated space was furnished with new chairs, couches, lamps, toys, books, artwork and an existing 42 inch flat panel television. McCarthy also donated two new computers for volunteer and visitor use.

With architectural design by RBB Architects Inc. of Los Angeles and interior design provided by Correy Design Group of Huntington Beach, the renovated Family Room predominantly features wood cabinetry that divides the space into different areas for volunteer activity, dining, watching television, computer use, relaxation and children’s activities. One of the rooms interesting design elements is a multi-colored block patterned wall with protruding bamboo embedded square shaped Plexiglas. The unique wall treatment’s shapes and colors are echoed in the flooring and wall tiles.

Two remodeled sleep rooms, a kitchen and bathroom with a shower are located adjacent to the main family room. The kitchen and bath areas were updated with matching wood cabinetry, new countertops, sink fixtures, lighting and appliances. To maximize space and flexibility, two comfortable and inviting sleep rooms were designed with a Murphy bed that converts into a desk and a sleeper sofa that dually functions for sitting and sleeping.

“Parents simply can’t be in their child’s hospital room all of the time,” said Deborah Levy, Orange County Ronald McDonald House Executive Director. “The Ronald McDonald Family Room makes all the difference in coping with what otherwise could have been an unbearable experience. The design of the new Family Room now functions more effectively and provides crucial amenities for parents to nap, shower, grab a bite to eat, yet still be down the hall from their hospitalized child.”

Spearheaded by McCarthy I.S. Engineer Ray LaTour, McCarthy volunteers helped with the project through the McCarthy Heart Hats, a volunteer community outreach group which enables McCarthy employees to dedicate time and resources to community involvement on paid workdays.  Through its relationship with subcontractors and vendors, McCarthy was also able to secure additional volunteers and donations from companies such as Appolo Electric, ISEC Inc., PCI, Martin Integrated, Hasson Inc., Johnson and Turner Painting, Premier Tile and Minka Group. RBB architects, KPFF Engineering and Correy Design group also donated services for this project. Ronald McDonald House additionally received donations for carpet and installation services from Shaw Carpet and Universal Flooring. All of the audio visual and sound equipment were donated and installed by Genesis Audio.

“We could not have done this renovation project without the support of McCarthy,” explained Levy.  “McCarthy took the leadership role in securing thousands of dollars worth of donations for the project.  They also helped guide us through the complex process of building something inside of a hospital and were true miracle workers!  McCarthy will leave a lasting legacy on thousands of families they will never meet who will utilize the Ronald McDonald Family Room inside of CHOC Children’s at Mission Hospital.”

Since 2006, the Heart Hats have provided construction and other services and donations to six Ronald McDonald Houses or facilities in California. “Ronald McDonald House is a charity close to our hearts,” said LaTour. “McCarthy builds many children’s hospitals and some of the children of our employees have experienced first-hand the wonderful and caring services these hospitals provide. We hope our most recent efforts remodeling the new Ronald McDonald Family Room inside of CHOC Children’s at Mission Hospital will help ease the daily tribulations and struggles of families with seriously ill children.”

McCarthy as well as many of the contractors and consultants involved in the Ronald McDonald House Family Room project are experienced healthcare builders that are currently constructing the new four-level Mission Hospital Patient Care Tower in Mission Viejo. Other notable healthcare projects in Orange County being built or recently completed by McCarthy include the Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange; the St. Joseph Hospital Patient Care Center and the Sue & Bill Gross Women’s Pavilion at Hoag Hospital.

About Ronald McDonald House Charities, Southern California (RMHCSC)
For more than 30 years, RMHCSC has been committed to providing comfort, care and support to children and families in Southern California.  RMHCSC is dedicated to creating a community where children and their families embrace life and healing with a sense of hope, enthusiasm, courage and joy.  RMHCSC operates four Ronald McDonald Houses, Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, two Ronald McDonald Family Rooms, and four scholarship programs.  The Ronald McDonald Houses, located in Loma Linda, Los Angeles, Orange and Pasadena, with one on the way in Long Beach, provide shelter, support and comfort for families of children receiving treatment at nearby medical facilities.  Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times provides free sleep-away camp experiences for kids with cancer and their families.  The Ronald McDonald Family Rooms, located in Children’s Hospital of Orange County in Orange and Mission Viejo, provide the comfort and care of a Ronald McDonald House to a hospital setting.  The four scholarship programs have awarded more than $3 million in college scholarships to deserving high school seniors since 1990.

About CHOC Children’s at Mission Hospital
CHOC Children’s at Mission Hospital is housed in a state-of-the-art medical facility on the 5th floor of Mission Hospital’s patient care tower.  While it operates as a separately licensed pediatric facility with its own medical staff, CHOC Children’s at Mission Hospital is linked to Mission Hospital’s regional trauma center, high-level obstetric and perinatal program, and ancillary services.  The 48-bed “children’s hospital-within-a-hospital” is part of CHOC Children’s regional healthcare network and serves as the only dedicated pediatric health care center for families in the communities throughout South Orange County, coastal areas and North San Diego.

About McCarthy Heart Hats
The McCarthy “Heart Hats” community involvement program is dedicated to encouraging, supporting and recognizing McCarthy employees’ volunteer efforts in a variety of causes to ensure real needs are being met in communities where employees work, live and play.  McCarthy employees are as passionate about building better communities as they are about construction.  In addition to recognizing outstanding employee volunteers and providing a company-wide paid volunteer day, McCarthy “Heart Hats” donates countless hours of in-kind services and monetary contributions to improve communities each year.

Founded in 1864, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest commercial construction companies.  McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned.  More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.

The 334,000-square-foot clinic tower is the center’s outpatient building and houses a full range of specialty healthcare services, including radiation oncology, pediatrics, dental, and orthopedics. The clinic tower is designed with a concentric braced frame structural system. The state-of-the-art HVAC system includes rooftop air handlers in mechanical penthouses with a variable air volume distribution system.

The inpatient tower can accommodate 600 patients, each in a private room. LAC+USC’s inpatient services include intensive and acute care units, obstetrics, and pediatrics. The 681,000-square-foot inpatient tower will also house general administration offices, women’s services, and a pharmacy. Both inpatient tower and clinic tower are defined by an exterior of precast concrete panels, glazed curtain wall system with metal panels, and built-up roofing.

LAC+USC’s 430,000-square-foot diagnostic and treatment building includes some of the facility’s most advanced medical services and construction technologies. This building contains the medical center’s diagnostic imaging, radiology, surgery, and core lab services. The building is designed atop a seismic base-isolation system that can accommodate 22 to 24 inches of movement.

The medical center’s fourth main building is its 60,000 square-foot central plant. The single-story, below-grade, reinforced-concrete structure includes HVAC equipment, fire/life-safety systems, cooling towers, emergency generators, MEP systems, and communication systems. The central plant is connected to the diagnostic and treatment building by a utility tunnel.

The new Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center replaces an aging facility that had been damaged during a 1994 Northridge earthquake. Originally opened in 1932, the existing hospital was one of the first in the Los Angeles County health system.

LAC+USC was designed by a joint venture of HOK Architects of Los Angeles and LBL Architects of Santa Monica, Calif. Additional project partners include KPFF of Los Angeles, structural engineer, and M-E Engineers of Los Angeles, mechanical engineer.

About McCarthy
Founded in 1864, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest privately held commercial construction companies and has been ranked among the top five national hospital construction companies by Modern Healthcare since the magazine began its annual ranking more than 30 years ago.  The company provides general contracting, construction management, program management and design/build services for healthcare, education, parking, entertainment, retail, laboratory, biotechnical, microelectronic, and industrial facilities; green buildings; office buildings; tenant interiors; mixed-use; and bridges and highways.  McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned.  More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.

The facility will be a striking structure composed of a long sweeping roof flanked by two stories of cast-in-place concrete walls. The front entrance will feature a large expanse of glass, and the finishes will consist of wood harvested from local stocks.

Intended to provide lyrical and elegant addition to the Arts District the facility will be organized as a series of linear pavilions, capped by varying ribbon-like roof forms and will consist of a 750-seat theatre, two flexible 200-seat theatres, art galleries, a café, a bookshop, an enclosed garden and educational and meeting spaces.  Each of the different interior spaces is clearly defined, making the complex easy to navigate and utilize.

“McCarthy is pleased to be an integral part of the expansion of the Dallas Arts District,” said McCarthy’s Texas Division President Mike McWay. “The City Performance Hall provides McCarthy with an opportunity to once again showcase our abilities as a leading Dallas Arts District builder while working with an outstanding team of professionals dedicated to the complex job at hand.”

“It is exciting to be working with McCarthy on such an important building for the city of Dallas in the Arts District,” said Rick Galceran, P.E., Director of the Public Works and Transportation Department for the City of Dallas. “We are confident that with their expertise in building performance arts facilities, McCarthy will be able to provide the quality we expect with the resources we have available.”

In addition to the City Performance Hall, some of McCarthy’s notable performing arts projects include the AT&T Performing Arts Center, a unique 80,300-square-foot multi-form theatre facility in the Dallas Arts District; the Hollywood & Highland entertainment complex including the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, a $312 million, 833,109-square-foot, mixed-use facility known as home to the Academy Awards; and the University of California Davis Robert & Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts in Davis, California, a $51.5 million, 106,000-square-foot, multi-level, 1,800-seat main performance hall with a 25-seat studio theatre.

The City Performance Hall is expected to be complete in 2010.  The architect of record for this project is Corgan Associates, Inc. of Dallas and the design firm is Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP (SOM) of Chicago.

About McCarthy
Founded in 1864, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest privately held construction firms.  The company provides general contracting, construction management, program management and design/build services for entertainment, healthcare, education, parking, retail, laboratory, biotechnical, microelectronic, and industrial facilities; office buildings; tenant interiors; mixed-use; and bridges and highways.  McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned.  More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.

The five-level structure provides 532 parking stalls for hospital employees, while an adjoining surface lot comprises an additional 80 spaces.  Designed by Parkitects, the parking structure mimics the California Mission architecture of nearby medical office buildings with plaster and clay tile roofing.

Located adjacent to a medical office building of the same name, the Knapp Building Parking Structure is also bordered on its three other sides by apartment buildings, a rehabilitation center and a parking lot.  These constraints created logistical challenges for McCarthy’s team that required close coordination with the hospital staff, visitors and local residents.  

McCarthy constructed the project with post-tensioned beams and long-span concrete floors for maximum load support.   In addition, the construction of the Mission-style structure included a uniquely formed, saw-toothed feature at the perimeter concrete parapets.

The Knapp Building Parking Structure is the second parking facility that McCarthy has built on the campus as part of the hospital’s $550 million rebuilding campaign.  The Pueblo Parking Structure, which opened in 2007, comprises four levels and 633 parking spaces for hospital visitors, volunteers, physicians and employees. 

About McCarthy
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest commercial construction companies and has been one of the leading parking structure builders since the advent of the modern parking structure in the 1960s.  The company has delivered nearly 400 parking facilities throughout the United States, with parking spaces for more than 70,000 cars in California alone.   The firm offers general contracting, construction management, program management and design/build services for parking structures; healthcare, educational, mixed-use, laboratory, biotechnical, retail, entertainment, industrial, multifamily and microelectronics facilities; green buildings; office buildings; tenant interiors; and bridges and highways.  McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned.  More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.