Children’s Hospital New Orleans Inches Closer To Completion
The ongoing expansion at Children’s Hospital New Orleans is more than halfway done after 34 phases of construction. According to an article in ENR Texas & Louisiana, the $300-million expansion of Children’s Hospital New Orleans broke ground in August 2018 and was about 60% complete as of December 2019.
Reporter Autumn Cafiero Giusti writes: “The team had to manage 34 phases of construction during an unprecedented flood threat that restricted some construction for the better part of a year…The expansion will create a four-story, 230,000-square-foot medical tower with all private rooms at the heart of the campus and a freestanding 70,000-square-foot behavioral health center.
“Other features include a 593-car parking garage, an entry pavilion, a pedestrian skybridge and an expanded central energy plant. Other new spaces include a 45-bed emergency center, a 28-bed cardiac intensive care unit, a surgery center with expanded operating rooms and a comprehensive cancer center.”