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Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Breaks Ground On “Green” Patient Care Building
Recognizing that Care Can’t Wait in the fast-growing San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center broke ground Monday, May 12 on a four-story, 136-bed addition that will be the first LEED-certified environmentally friendly hospital building in the state.
A formal ceremony was held at 10 a.m. in front of the medical center.
“This expansion will set new standards for hospital design, both for quality health care and for environmentally efficient features,” Providence Holy Cross Chief Executive Kerry Carmody said. “We have worked with the community to come up with the best possible plan to meet a growing need for hospital beds while being sensitive to environmental concerns.”
Among those expected at the ceremony were Bishop Gerald E.Wilkerson of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and Los Angeles Councilman Tony Cardenas.
The $180 million Patient Care Wing, scheduled to open in 2010, will expand Holy Cross to 355 beds – with a capacity to add 35 more – making it one of the largest hospitals in the San Fernando Valley. The 186,000-square-foot building will include a 12-bed neonatal intensive-care unit for premature and high-risk babies, as well as a new Women’s Pavilion with state-of-the-art labor and delivery suites.
“While other hospitals in our area have closed, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center continues to expand to meet the skyrocketing health care demands in the growing San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys,” Carmody said.
The new addition will create 250 full-time hospital jobs and 171 construction jobs.
Providence Holy Cross worked with its neighbors to design the new building incorporating ideas to ease traffic, expand parking and protect the environment. The wing will be among just four hospital facilities in the nation with LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, the national benchmark for environmentally-conscious design. “Green” highlights include recycling of construction materials, energy-efficient lighting, high-performance insulation systems and water-efficient irrigation for landscaping.
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