Essentia Health St. Mary’s Medical Center

Duluth, Minn.

BEST PROJECT

Submitted by: EwingCole

Owner: Essentia Health

Lead Design Firm, Structural Engineer, MEP Engineer: EwingCole

General Contractor: McGough Construction

Civil Engineer: LHB

Landscape Architect: Damon Farber


Essentia  Health St. Mary’s Medical Center

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Situated in Duluth, Minn., on the shore of Lake Superior, St. Mary’s Medical Center is a major regional medical hub serving patients in northern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

Essentia  Health St. Mary’s Medical Center

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The $900-million facility sits on an existing medical campus that required blasting of a cliff face, demolition of existing structures, remodeling of and a tie-in to existing buildings and a three-story vertical expansion above one of the occupied clinical buildings.

Essentia  Health St. Mary’s Medical Center

Photo by Jalkin/Mason Photography

Completion of this project was made possible through the close collaboration among the owner, architect, construction manager and more than 50 trade partners, with more than 2,800 individual contributors and a peak workforce of over 740 craftworkers from 33 states and 626 zip codes.

Essentia  Health St. Mary’s Medical Center

Photo by Jalkin/Mason Photography

Various project challenges included upgrading pandemic air systems and adding a rooftop garden and pavilion.