Project Info
The construction of a second patient tower on the campus of CaroMont Regional Medical Center will expand critical care services for CaroMont Health in an area that sees large patient volumes. The new four-story expansion, currently estimated to open in early 2023, will offer 78 additional patient rooms with a floor plan designed to maximize care delivery and patient experience. The new vertical expansion will be built above an operating surgical suite. Each floor will have patient rooms, support space, staff space and dedicated family space.
The project consists of the construction of a 4-story overbuild of the existing SouthEast Expansion Wing along with two vertical circulation towers (North and South). The existing patient tower will connect to the North Tower by a bridge. Three of the four floors will be built-out as Critical Care Units, leaving the remaining 3rd floor shelled. The overbuild is separated from the existing wing by an interstitial space on the second floor. Located directly below the second-floor interstitial space is the existing Surgical Suite which will remain operational throughout the life of the project.
Along with the primary overbuild there were several locations that presented renovation options to support the operations of the new tower. At the basement level, providing for a conditioned corridor at near public safety would allow for faster delivery of food. On the first floor, providing a new reception desk at the surgical waiting room would provide a new central welcoming area for all family and visitors for both surgery and the new patient tower. In addition, on the first floor, a new imaging suite with CT, X-Ray and future MRI will be located adjacent to the patient tower, this will allow for easier transfer of patients.
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Ground Breaking Ceremony
In September, Robins & Morton joined CaroMont Health and McMillan Pazdan Smith to celebrate the beginning of construction for the new critical-care patient tower at CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, North Carolina. The four-story, 146,000-square-foot tower will include 78 patient rooms, shell space for future growth, support space, staff space and a dedicated family space. The tower is scheduled to open in early 2023. Congratulations to the project team and everyone involved on this milestone! #buildingwithpurpose
Project Team
Caromont Health
CaroMont Health is a nationally recognized leader and trusted partner in creating a healthy community.
Their independent healthcare system includes specialists, primary care offices, urgent care locations, emergency departments and an acute-care hospital conveniently located throughout the region. From top doctors to advanced technology, CaroMont Health has been recognized with numerous awards, including being named one of Thomson Reuters’ Top 100 Hospitals.
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Robins & Morton - Construction Manager
Robins & Morton is a privately-held construction firm based in Birmingham, Alabama, with offices in Dallas, San Antonio, Charlotte, Huntsville, Miami, Nashville and Orlando. The firm is serving as the general contractor for CaroMont Health’s Critical Care Tower expansion project, and specializes in the construction of healthcare, hospitality, higher education, entertainment, sports and government buildings. Since 1946, the firm has built a reputation as a trusted advisor to clients nationwide by cultivating a high-performing team that values integrity, safety, and innovative thinking. Robins & Morton is consistently ranked as one of the top 100 contractors in the United States, and one of the top 15 in the Southeast.
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McMillan Pazdan Smith - Architect
McMillan Pazdan Smith is a regional, studio-based architecture, planning, and interior design firm whose mission is to help clients create environments that embody their personalities, enrich their lives, and enhance the quality of their community.
Practicing since 1955, McMillan Pazdan Smith currently has offices throughout the Southeast in Charleston, Greenville, and Spartanburg, SC; Asheville and Charlotte, NC; and Atlanta, GA.
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RN&M Engineers - MEP Engineer
Reece, Noland & McElrath, Inc. is a client-focused engineering design and consulting firm. We provide a full range of design and consulting services for education, health care, industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities.
Founded in 1960, RN&M has successfully developed a range of engineering services encompassing feasibility studies, design, construction phase administration, and commissioning. In addition to traditional HVAC, plumbing, and electrical design, we have extensive experience with sustainable design concepts such as solar systems, rain water reuse, geothermal, day lighting and photovoltaics. We also have expertise in specialized systems such as telecommunications, instrumentation, special lighting, and fire protection.
While keeping abreast of ever-changing technology, we have maintained our focus on the basic business principles that have been the foundation of our success: close communication with our clients, meeting deadlines, and respecting budgets. We are small enough to give your project the personal attention needed by our principals and yet large enough to support the project schedule.
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EMH&T - Civil Engineer
EMH&T has been improving quality of life through well planned and designed development and public works projects throughout the country since 1926. Multifaceted experience: At EMH&T, we have helped clients understand and transform land or improve their infrastructure for more than 85 years. Since our inception as a one-man outfit in 1926, we have evolved into a full-service engineering and consulting firm. We feature an inclusive menu of services, an extensive client list, and a portfolio that boasts thousands of successfully completed projects, many of them award-winning.
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Laurene, Rickher & Sorrell, PC - Structural Engineer
Providing responsive, high quality, contemporary structural engineering services is the guiding principle of our firm. We believe the resources, attention to detail, personal involvement, and follow-up we bring to your projects provide you with many of the tools necessary for a successful venture into the building design and construction arena. We work with you from initial concept through construction completion, providing a level of service that will bring you back for your next project.
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MSS Solutions - Mechanical Trade Partner
Since 1996, MSS has made thousands of facilities more efficient, comfortable, secure and reliable for owners, operators and occupiers across the Carolinas and throughout North America. MSS serves the entire Carolinas region from its eight office locations with more than 400 employees. Our team of technicians, fleet of service trucks, fabrication shops and parts warehouses are equipped to meet your SLAs and serve multi-site portfolios with consistency and quality. Beyond the Carolinas, we have in-house project managers and a vetted roster of subcontractor partners to serve our clients throughout North America. Many of the nation’s largest hotel franchises, financial institutions, utilities and retailers rely on MSS as their single provider to serve their entire North America portfolios.
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Starr Electric Company - Electric Trade Partner
Starr Electric Company remains a well-established leader in the construction industry with an reputation for excellence and unwavering customer service. With a talented and diverse management team in place, Starr Electric continues to thrive as a privately-owned company with stockholders consisting of family and key employees. Though Starr Electric was founded and remains headquartered in Greensboro, NC, the company is also licensed in eight states throughout the Southeast.
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Precision Plumbing - Plumbing Trade Partner
Precision Plumbing is a full service plumbing contractor with a focus in the commercial and industrial markets. From ground up construction projects to service and repair, call Precision when quality and schedule are a must! Precision Plumbing’s inception in 1981 was born out of a desire to be business entrepreneurs and to bring a level of quality and service unmatched in our industry. Both of these characteristics have led to a proven record of customer satisfaction and repeat business. To this day, nearly all our new business stems from “word of mouth” advertising. These foundational principles have evolved into a place that brings even more value in our offering. We believe that Precision Plumbing is about all the things that have gotten us to where we are today but recognizing that as Christian business owners, we are challenged to be much more than simply a plumbing company. This is why we strive to be the best in what we do. Whether you are a customer, a vendor or an employee, our core values insure that you are treated with respect and integrity.
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Safety
Robins & Morton believes that a safe workplace is key to operational excellence. Our guiding principle is safety must be the responsibility of every craftworker on-site. Therefore, there must be an established environment of care and concern for everyone on-site. That care and concern starts with the managers continued focus on fostering an environment where all employees are provided sound safety leadership, provided appropriate training, encouraged daily to work safe, held accountable for safe work and treated with respect. The expectation is ZERO INCIDENTS. To achieve zero incidents, we use a human performance philosophy. This approach incorporates an understanding of human and organizational performance, including human error with an emphasis on expected behaviors and consequence control methodologies to ensure risk minimization and elimination.
Material Deliveries
With limited access to our site, we ask that trade contractors proactively coordinate receiving and unloading materials, as well as make provisions to store them through Robins & Morton. Materials are to be delivered and stored on site in accordance with the OPS. Early delivery of material will not be accepted. No material will be stored within the building. All stored material must be organized neatly and stored off the ground (i.e. on pallets, racks, gang boxes, etc.). Each trade contractor will be responsible for their own material hoisting (forklift /crane). Please coordinate with Robins & Morton crane operator to allow for daily lifting of supplies.
