Lakeway Medical Center Tops Out

Birmingham, AL - Surgical Development Partners and Hoar Construction marked the topping out of Lakeway Regional Medical Center in Lakeway, Texas March 25 with a weekend-long celebration including two ceremonies and a crawfish boil. The medical center’s last steel beam was signed by local residents at Lakeway City Hall before it was hoisted, along with a traditional evergreen tree, to the top of the 9-story building.

Topping out signifies reaching the high-point of the structure as well as the approximate halfway point to the project’s completion. Lakeway Regional Medical Center, which is expected to see 40,000 patients annually in its urgent care department, should be completed by spring 2012. The 271,000 square foot, 145-bed hospital will have facilities for women’s health, cardiology, radiology, physical therapy, gastrointestinal, nuclear medicine and respiratory services.

The medical center was designed for expansion, both laterally and vertically. The 6th floor is being constructed as shell space for 40 future beds. In time, the complex will be home to a hotel, restaurants, and retail shops, plus medical office space which will connect to the main hospital via a sky bridge.

“Before its completion, the Lakeway Regional Medical Center construction project will employ over 1000 craftsman. We salute the hard work and dedication of these workers and pray for their safety for the remainder of the project,” Coker Barton, Senior Vice President of Hoar Construction said.

The hospital sits on a beautiful sloped site in the Texas Hill Country. Architect Page Southerland Page maximized the site and its panoramic views by adjusting the building massing to accommodate the 80-foot slope and adding landscaped courtyards and a water feature for access from the three lower, hillside levels.

Hoar recently topped out the Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children in Birmingham with joint venture partner BE&K. Other current Hoar Construction healthcare projects include the NEA Baptist Hospital and Clinic, a 760,000 square foot, 181 bed facility in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Hendrick Medical Center, Abilene, TX; St. Vincent St Clair Hospital, Pell City, AL; HealthSouth Hospital, Cypress, TX; River Oaks Medical Center, Houston, TX; St. Francis Hospital, Memphis; Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital, Siloam Springs, AR; North Okaloosa Medical Center, Crestview, FL; and Crossroads Community Hospital, Mt. Vernon, IL.