Skanska USA has finished the first phase of a $400 million Florida hospital job.
The U.S. arm of the Swedish builder completed the initial stage of renovation and expansion for the emergency room at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, according to a news release shared with Construction Dive.
The new, 178,000 square-foot addition to the facility doubled the emergency room’s original footprint.
The facility includes 60 general exam rooms, four resuscitation rooms, six triage rooms and 12 fast‑track rooms, the announcement said. A dedicated second floor for patient care contains 50 observation rooms and seven acute care rooms.
Patients will also be able to access an onsite pharmacy and a full radiology suite that features MRI, CT, X-ray and ultrasound capabilities, according to Skanska.
In order to build the structure, Skanska needed to demolish two existing buildings to create space. In 2023, the contractor won a $90 million award to perform that work.
For the second phase of the project, the construction team will continue to expand the existing 45,000-square-foot emergency room, with 121 adult emergency rooms, dedicated behavioral health bays and 30 pediatric emergency rooms, the release said. Renovations are underway, with completion scheduled for 2027, per the announcement.
Meanwhile, a planned third phase will include a new third floor with additional clinical space and improved helipad access, according to the Jackson Health System.
The news comes as healthcare facilities continue to give the construction industry a boost: They, along with data centers, helped planning numbers rise in May, according to Dodge Construction Network.
It’s not the first Florida health project Skanska has hit a major milestone on this year. In March, the firm topped out the $435 million Lee Health Fort Myers campus. Then, in April, the builder delivered a 53,000-square-foot Redmond, Oregon, cancer center.
