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Bigger Troy-Beaumont in the works

Date Posted: August 22 2008

TROY - A local brickyard makes a "Beaumont Brick" so that any new Beaumont Hospital renovation, expansion or satellite facility will match the look of the original building in Royal Oak.

That's a pretty good indication that Beaumont is serious about future construction - and the latest evidence is at Beaumont-Troy, where building trades workers are toiling on $220 million in expansion projects on both sides of Dequindre Road.

Managed by Barton Malow/Skanska, about 300 Hardhats are currently on the project. "There's a great bunch of trades and subs out here," said Barton Malow Senior Supt. John Pierman, who was working on the west side construction. "We couldn't have picked a better group."

Added Barton-Malow's Sharon Crispin, project manager for work on the east side: "We're moving along very quickly, and things are going very well for us. It's a good job by everybody out here."

Beaumont-Troy had 50 percent growth in its admissions; 24 percent growth in emergency visits; and 43 percent growth in births from 2000-2006. This growth is projected to continue at an annual rate of 4-5 percent. To meet those needs, Beaumont is building a new 129,000 square-foot Family Medicine Center / Outpatient Services Center on the east side of Dequindre that will include radiology, nuclear medicine, pulmonary, cardiology, family medicine and a vascular clinic

Work is also going on at the main hospital on the west side of Dequindre, where the main hospital at the site was originally constructed in 1977. There the emergency center is being expanded and a two-story addition is going into place. Also under construction is a critical care tower consisting of 13,000 square feet of renovated space in addition to 104,000 square feet of new space on seven levels.

The West Tower expansion is a 137,000-square foot, three-story vertical addition to the existing west tower of the hospital. An Oncology/ Hospice Unit will occupy the fifth floor and will feature a family lounge and activity area, meditation room, sleep rooms, pantry, spa and resource center.

An enclosed 585-foot pedestrian bridge over Dequindre will connect the east and west facilities.

Tom Brisse, senior vice president and director of the Troy hospital, said during last year's groundbreaking: "This will allow us to add capacity to meet the growing demand for services at Beaumont, Troy, including the Emergency Center, inpatient beds and outpatient services."

Construction is expected to be complete in 2009.

UNLOADING light poles for the parking lot of Beaumont-Troy East facility is Brian Paul of IBEW Local 58 and Centerline Electric.