CLEVELAND – University Hospitals has taken a major step forward to achieving its Vision 2010 five-year strategic plan by announcing the selection of Gilbane Building Company to oversee all Vision 2010 construction projects. These building projects, which amount to $650 million in project costs, include a new 120-bed cancer hospital on the University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) campus, the 600-bed UH Ahuja Medical Center in Beachwood and renovation of UHCMC’s Center for Emergency Medicine and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital.
“Our Vision 2010 strategic plan represents a milestone for University Hospitals and the patients and communities we serve and we are pleased to announce that Gilbane will help us to accomplish these major construction projects,” says Thomas F. Zenty III, CEO of University Hospitals. “Gilbane has an extraordinary reputation both nationally and in the Cleveland market. We look forward to this partnership which promises to change the face of healthcare in Northeast Ohio and beyond.”
Gilbane’s Cleveland office will handle all aspects of the projects, including construction and medical equipment purchases. “Gilbane was chosen because they have a truly impressive team with vast experience on complex projects such as Vision 2010,” says Steven Standley, UH Senior VP of System Services. “They have the capacity to handle projects that are large in scope, a commitment to safety and a commitment from the entire organization.”
Gilbane Building Company, a family-owned company has many years of experience in healthcare and in the Cleveland market. Recent projects include The Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital at The Ohio State University, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, Kings County Hospital, Trinitas Hospital, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The National World War II Memorial and the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
“This project is one of the most significant in the country and has attracted some of the best medical designers in the world,” says Thomas F. Gilbane Jr., Chairman and CEO of the Gilbane Building Company. “Healthcare is a major part of our business and we are extremely pleased to join the University Hospitals team to help make the cancer center and hospital projects a reality.”
Gilbane will partner with UH in its commitment to achieving local contractor leadership and diversity in the companies involved with the Vision 2010 projects. Over the past four years, UH has increased its usage of minority and women owned businesses by more than five times.
“Gilbane will partner with us to implement our goals for local and regional contractor involvement as well as inclusion and diversity,” says Steven Standley. “In recent years, University Hospitals has made great strides in working with minority and female owned businesses for construction and supply purchases. It is a high priority of Vision 2010 that we continue to meet these key objectives.”