📋 Tender Overview
Scope : To Build a "Replacement" Hospital at Billings, Montana in United States
St. Vincent Healthcare announced plans to build a "replacement" hospital at its current Billings location.
A new, state-of-the-art hospital building is planned next to the current hospital in downtown Billings.
The new hospital is set to be located a little farther east, sitting along North 27th Street, which is the main route running from I-90 through downtown up to the airport.
The central location is strategic and designed to help to serve the region, though a location on Billings' West End was considered.
The decision to build a new facility hinged on a cost-benefit analysis: it was less expensive than modernizing the aging facility.
St. Vincent leadership doesn’t expect the funding plan to be completed until late 2023, and a final cost isn't yet known. Once ground is broken after that, it will take five years to complete.
Parking could be a problem once construction starts, but St. Vincent hopes to build a new parking garage first to offset that issue.
A notable feature of the future facility is airflow that meets post-COVID infection control standards and increased oxygen capacity. It will allow all 295 rooms - an increase from 253 - to be transformed into an ICU room within minutes. The overall key will be efficiency in a state-of-the-art space.
Leaders are still figuring out what to do with the old hospital once the transition is complete. Possibilities right now include turning it into condominiums or apartments, retail business, or demolishing the buildings to make way for green space.
