“We’re in the best position we’ve ever been,” Barton Malow Builders’ COO Todd Ketola says of the company’s standing in the Southeast construction market. And judging by Barton Malow’s 2022 performance in the region, that sentiment seems well justified.
For the team executing the $450-milllion Hubbard Center addition at Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, it was all about connections—from innovative interior and exterior lighting design linking facilities and users, to the state's first use of a more collaborative team delivery approach that saved $50 million.
Building on a tight site for the Elliot Hospital Emergency Department Expansion while keeping the ED operational required careful team planning and nimbleness, especially when Covid brought the sudden, unexpected need for to redesign the Manchester, N.H. hospital project.
This estimated $9.8-million hospital delivery—kicked off in January 2020 and completed in April 2022—benefited from one of the first extensive uses of virtual construction in Latin America.