$250 million Trinity Health expansion on schedule, ground to be broken this fall
New facility design will offer significant upgrades for patients, visitors and staff, Facilities VP says.
Rendering of expansion project.
Crews in Minot, North Dakota are continuing work on a $250 million medical park for Trinity Health, taking advantage of dry weather to ensure the revamped campus is built on a solid foundation.
Dave Kohlman, vice president of facilities, said in a statement that contractors have been busy conducting soil tests that will assist engineers in planning the new construction. Soil tests should be wrapping up within the next week, and the initial groundwork should begin during the Fall, with serious digging and concrete work beginning in mid-2017.
The 76-acre site southwest of the Minot Family YMCA will be home to the new medical park, which will fulfill a strategic goal of Trinity Health to design a more modernized regional care system.
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According to Kohlman, the new facility design will offer significant upgrades for patients, visitors and staff.
"Our current hospital was built in the early 1920s, and the way healthcare is delivered today is vastly different than it was even a few years ago," he said. "The new facility will feature a modern design with new amenities to improve care quality and patient satisfaction, while providing better functioning spaces for caregivers."
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Meanwhile, physicians and departments within Trinity's network of hospitals and clinics have been meeting over the past week to finalize equipment and space needs for every aspect of the facility. Officials have established an ongoing dialog with Minot city leaders, North Dakota Department of Health officials and other stakeholders to keep everyone current with the various design elements.
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