Skanska to Overhaul Gulf Coast Medical Center

The new 229 bed hospital will include an emergency department (ED), laboratory, radiology department, a combined med-surg department, a surgery department with 22 operating rooms, a new central energy plant, a kitchen space, a new dining facility and atrium, a pharmacy, and a 1,300 space parking structure.

The existing GCMC is a 218-bed acute-care hospital manned with 460-member medical staff and more than 1,000 employees and caters to the residents in Fort Myers and surrounding Bay County (FL, USA). The hospital also features a 42-bed critical care unit, which includes a 20-bed adult-level Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the region's only four-bed Pediatric ICU, and an 18-bed Level III neonatal ICU. GCMC also offers a cancer program accredited by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) commission on cancer.

Skanska will claim a 89% share of the total contract value of USD 200 million, through a joint venture company that will be formed with Gates Construction (Bonita Springs, FL, USA), which will hold the remaining 11%. Skanska will begin construction work in July 2016, and the project is scheduled to be completed in 2021.

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