McCarthy Bros. wins $100 million pact to construct Kaiser hospital in Baldwin Park.McCarthy Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . wins $100 million pact to construct Kaiser hospital in Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, city (1990 pop. 69,330), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles, in the fertile San Gabriel valley; settled 1870, inc. 1956. Its industries include metal fabrication, printing, and plastics manufacturing. Health-care giant Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. of Pasadena last week quietly awarded a $100 million-plus construction contract to the local subsidiary of St. Louis-based McCarthy Bros. Co. for a 240-bed Kaiser hospital in Baldwin Park, the Business Journal has learned. The deal represents the largest lump-sum contract ever won by McCarthy in its 126-year history, confirmed Michael Bolen, president of the Irvine-based subsidiary, McCarthy Western Constructors. Kaiser officials were unavailable for comment last week. Bolen attributed his company's successful bid to "very good pricing" from supportive subcontractors, which are hungry for work in the current recession, and to McCarthy's extensive health-care experience. Bolen said his company plans to break ground on the 725,000-square-foot hospital Oct. 1. Completion is slated for early 1995. The hospital, to be made of light-green aluminum and glass, will actually be the second phase of Kaiser's $225 million Baldwin Park Medical Center, in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. . The first phase of that mega-project is a $25 million, 76,000-square-foot medical office building, which officially opened last week. The medical office building is sheathed sheath n. pl. sheaths 1. a. A case for a blade, as of a sword. b. Any of various similar coverings. 2. in gray tile and blue-green glass with bright-yellow canopies. "This project was designed to be one cohesive complex, with the medical office buildings integrated right into the hospital," explained Forrest Bailey, senior construction administrator for Ontario-based HMC HMC Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, CA) HMC Harborview Medical Center (Seattle, Washington) HMC Hosted Messaging and Collaboration HMC Hoffman Modulation Contrast Group, lead architect on the project. "We're trying to make a well-functioning complex and a beautiful piece of art at the same time, seeing as it will be highly visible from the 10 (San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. ) Freeway." The second-phase hospital project is expected to provide a major shot-in-the-arm for the ailing local construction industry. Bolen reported his company plans to employ nearly 200 subcontractors and vendors for the job, and some 600 workers at peak construction. "The biggest challenge on this job will be handling the manpower; that's lot of people to keep track of," Bolen said. "Another challenge will be building a project of this size without adversely impacting Kaiser's medical office building, which will be operating right across the sidewalk." PHOTO : Artist's rendering: Baldwin Park Medical Center |
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