{"id":30985,"date":"2025-06-20T05:53:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T12:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/mccarthy-jacobs-finish-construction-on-373m-hospital-tower\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T05:53:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T12:53:19","slug":"mccarthy-jacobs-finish-construction-on-373m-hospital-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/mccarthy-jacobs-finish-construction-on-373m-hospital-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy, Jacobs finish construction on $373M hospital tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/images\/audio_icon.svg?482016190122\" alt=\"-\"><\/p>\n<p>        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1750256826\/news\/text_to_speech\/mccarthy-jacobs-finish-construction-on-373m-hospital-tower_b3cffz.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>A team of McCarthy Building Cos. and Jacobs completed construction on the Children\u2019s Hospital of Orange County\u2019s Southwest Tower in Orange, California, according to a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannondesign.com\/news\/choc-celebrates-grand-opening-pediatric-outpatient-tower\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>June 16 news release<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> from CannonDesign, the New York City-based engineer on the project. McCarthy acted as the general contractor, with Dallas-based Jacobs as the construction manager.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mccarthy.com\/insights\/mccarthy-breaks-ground-on-new-outpatient-facility-for-childrens-hospital-of-orange-county\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>St. Louis-based McCarthy broke ground<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> on the nine-story, 300,000-square-foot facility in 2022. The cost of the project was estimated to be around $373 million in 2023, according to <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ocbj.com\/real-estate\/choc-breaks-ground-on-330k-sf-tower\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>the Orange County Business Journal<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. It was designed to complement the hospital\u2019s Bill Holmes Tower, which McCarthy <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mccarthy.com\/projects\/childrens-hospital-of-orange-county-new-patient-tower\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>completed in 2012<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> with CannonDesign as architect.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cThis facility enables McCarthy Building Companies to leverage our deep well of expertise in the healthcare sector that will have a positive impact well beyond the scope of this project,\u201d said Jim Madrid, president of the Southern Pacific region for McCarthy, in the groundbreaking news release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The new tower houses a number of pediatric outpatient services that include, according to the news release:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Five floors of specialty clinics.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>A research institute for clinical trials and pediatric research.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Oncology infusion services.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>A comprehensive imaging center.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Craig Cherf, a senior preconstruction director who worked on both the Southwest and the Bill Holmes towers, has a personal connection to the hospital. Cherf\u2019s son Jackson, then 4, was diagnosed with and treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the hospital\u2019s Hyundai Cancer Institute, according to a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/health.choc.org\/construction-chiefs-ties-to-choc-runs-deep-as-son-beats-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>blog post from the hospital<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. Jackson is now cancer-free.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cI love working on children\u2019s hospitals,\u201d Cherf said in the 2024 blog post. \u201cIt\u2019s my favorite thing to do.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Alongside the opening of the outpatient tower, CHOC opened a 24-bed cardiovascular intensive care unit and a 28-bed neuroscience unit within the Bill Holmes Tower to meet increased demand for these high-acuity services, according to CannonDesign.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/choc-hospital-tower-california-mccarthy-jacobs\/751044\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. 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