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Award: Cancer center
Value: Approximately $2.3 billion
Location: New York City
Customer: Memorial Sloan Kettering
A joint venture between Turner Construction and Consigli Construction is working on a multi-million dollar medical project in the Big Apple.
Both companies are working together at the Kenneth C. Griffin Paviliona state-of-the-art cancer care center to be built on Memorial Sloan Kettering’s main campus in Manhattan, according to a May 26 announcement from the builders. The cost of the project is approximately $2.3 billionNewsweek reported.
Once complete, the pavilion will contain 12 operating rooms and 208 single-occupancy hospital beds, according to the announcement by New York City-based Turner. New York City-based architect CannonDesign lists the facility at 883,000 square feet.
The new pavilion will be connect with the main hospital across a two-story enclosed patient bridge over 67th Street, Memorial Sloan Kettering’s website says.
The hospital pointed to a projected increase in the Centers for Disease Control’s cancer numbers, advancing technology and increasing longevity among humans as the impetus for construction.
“Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center offers world-class, cutting-edge care and treatment services that enable patients to navigate their cancer journeys with dignity and compassion, and this new facility will equip providers with the resources needed to meet growing healthcare needs,” Thomas Drumm, project executive at Consigli, Milford, Mass., said in the news release.
structural demolition and excavation have already begunaccording to a Memorial Sloan Kettering timeline. Steel construction will begin in mid-2027 and the facility has an expected completion date of mid-2030.
“MSK’s Kenneth C. Griffin Pavilion combines advanced technology, thoughtful design and a patient-centered approach,” said Jason Tavarez, Turner’s project executive, in the statement. “Together with our joint venture partner, we are committed to delivering this project safely and efficiently while ensuring the hospital remains fully operational throughout construction.”
Other facilities dedicated to studying or treating cancer are also taking shape. In January, Santa Clara, Calif.-based DPR Construction broke ground Sutter Health Advanced Cancer Center and Care Complex in Modesto, California.
Then, in May, Gilbane Building Co, based in Providence, Rhode Island. he began building the Bellwether Laboratorya Philadelphia manufacturing facility dedicated to radioactive molecules used to treat advanced cancers.
