{"id":34365,"date":"2026-02-20T01:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/turner-breaks-ground-on-500m-florida-hospital\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T01:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:15:11","slug":"turner-breaks-ground-on-500m-florida-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/turner-breaks-ground-on-500m-florida-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Turner breaks ground on $500M Florida hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?500116090725\" alt=\"-\"><br \/>\n        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:\/\/text-to-speech.divecdn.com\/newspost\/812637\/2026-02-19_16.40.36\/turner-construction-baptist-health-florida-hospital.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>Turner Construction has turned dirt on a new $500 million hospital project in Broward County, Florida.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The New York City-based contractor celebrated the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.turnerconstruction.com\/insights\/turner-breaks-ground-on-baptist-health-sunrise-hospital-in-florida\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>groundbreaking for the Baptist Health Sunrise<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> Hospital, located in Sunrise, Florida, about a half-hour\u2019s drive west of Fort Lauderdale.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The campus has been designed to support immediate healthcare needs, as well as long-term growth in the region, according to a news release. The facility will include:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>A 30-bed emergency department featuring triage areas and 24\/7 emergency care.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>100 inpatient beds, including 10 critical care beds, with capacity for future expansion.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Four surgical suites with robotic-assisted capabilities and room to add additional suites.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>A 25,000-square-foot medical office building housing an array of medical services.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The hospital will also have its own central energy plant and mechanical systems. The plant will provide a dedicated and uninterrupted power source during wider scale outages, an important factor in hurricane-prone Florida.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Baptist Health Sunrise is expected to open to patients in 2029.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cTurner is proud to partner with Baptist Health on a hospital that prioritizes resiliency, advanced technology, and a patient-focused environment while enabling flexibility to grow alongside the community it serves,\u201d Kevin McCormick, vice president and general manager at Turner, said in a Feb. 2 news release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Healthcare construction has been a bright spot for builders recently. While data center construction has dominated the sector\u2019s focus, healthcare builds also showed resiliency in 2025, though <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/construction-planning-falls-january-2026\/811790\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>planning in the sector slumped<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> to start 2026. For example, McCarthy Building Cos. recently highlighted the topping out of a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/mccarthy-california-healthcare-tower-UC-Davis\/812378\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$3.7B healthcare tower for the UC Davis Health<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in Sacramento, California.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/turner-construction-baptist-health-florida-hospital\/812637\/\" 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. Please let us know if you have feedback. 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