The Dotte

Two New Projects at KU Hospital

One major construction project at the University of Kansas Hospital is underway and another major project is planned. Last week, a steel beam was hoisted into place in a topping-out ceremony at the Medical Office Building on hospital campus.  The new medical office building is designed to improve access to and capacity of the faculty physician clinics. Construction should be completed by late summer 2010.

Meanwhile, Kansas University Hospital’s Center for Advanced Heart Care will undergo a $50-million expansion that will add three new patient care floors. The new floors will be added to the top of the existing facility on the north side of the main hospital. The eighth and ninth floors will be constructed as shell space for future use, but could accommodate a 32-bed unit and a 24-bed unit. The project will add 123,000 square feet to the existing  building. KU Hospital is expected to hire as many as 100 new employees as a result of the expansion.