Client

Project

Business Challenge and Result

Bronson Methodist Hospital
Bronson Healthcare Group
Kalamazoo, MI

760,000 sq. ft. 
replacement

Challenge: Built across the street from existing site. Operational challenges in maintaining access to critical services which were not moving into the new facility, and appropriate use of connecting tunnel.

Result: Within five hours, successfully moved 192 patients to the new hospital through a quarter-mile connecting tunnel. 

City of Hope Helford
Clinical Research Hospital
Duarte, CA

337,000 sq. ft. replacement/expansion

Challenge: Balancing the many concurrent initiatives in a large system which competed with the building project for administrative attention and resources.

Result: Client praised FDI for sensitivity to the cultural shifts and stresses on an organization and its employees created by large moves.

Thunder Bay Regional Health
Thunder Bay, ON Canada

600,000 sq. ft.
replacement

Challenge: Merged two hospitals into one, with resulting staffing realignment challenges.

Result: Orientation program successfully integrated and trained staff for all areas.

The Children’s Hospital
of Colorado
Denver, CO

1,440,000 sq. ft.
replacement

Challenge: Moved a large population of fragile, critically ill patients and their families. Scope included many university-supported programs and staff.

Result: Successfully completed a long-distance ambulance patient move.  Client cited FDI’s process as key to engaging the entire organization and forcing accountability for results.

Intermountain Healthcare
Intermountain Medical Center
Salt Lake City, UT

1,500,000 sq. ft.
replacement

Challenge: Completely closed one hospital and moved many services from the flagship hospital into a new facility. Required major restructuring of departments, services and staff.

Result: New flagship facility for the hospital system. Client said FDI provided tremendous value and confidence.

LAC+USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

1,500,000 sq. ft
replacement

Challenge: Large urban county facility and academic medical center with many competing initiatives, political demands and regulatory requirements (OSHPD, FEMA, L.A. County).

Result: Successfully navigated the competing initiatives and political climate to achieve a historic relocation.

Reid Hospital
Richmond, IN

537,000 sq. ft.
replacement

Challenge: Lengthy construction delays had an impact on the planning momentum

Result: In the client’s words, the facility ultimately achieved “flawless transition.”

Metropolitan Hospital
Grand Rapids MI

500,000 sq. ft.
replacement

Challenge: This “green” hospital had a one-year construction hiatus.

Result: Project ultimately achieved LEED certification and national recognition for its innovative Metro Health Village campus.

John C. Lincoln
North Mountain
Emergency Department
Phoenix,  AZ

36,000 sq. ft.
replacement

Challenge: Expanded a busy ED service and converted an existing ED into a CDU on a tight, active site.

Result: Careful planning resulted in minimal disruption of service during transition.

Summit Medical Group
Summit, NJ

210,000 sq. ft. new construction

Challenge: Consolidated 13 locations of a 100-physician partnership into one new site comprised of an office building renovation and new construction.

Result: Integrated delivery of outpatient services, resulting in improved customer satisfaction.

White Memorial Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

460,000 sq. ft. addition/renovation

Challenge: Project had a complex, phased schedule dependent on relocation/demolition/renovation sequences to meet the overall goal.

Result: FDI’s detailed support service planning and move sequencing were critical to the successful outcome.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Saperstein Critical Care Tower
Los Angeles, CA

250,000 sq. ft. addition

Challenge: Moved all critical care units with very high acuity and managed sufficient clinical and support service resources.

Result: Transition accomplished while maintaining full operations in the balance of a busy medical center.