Mock-ups help health system control costs, design hospital

Staffers from Centegra Health System's McHenry and Woodstock campuses have been touring room replicas at the Huntley location for the last few months


Staffers from Illinois-based Centegra Health System’s McHenry and Woodstock campuses have been touring room replicas at the Huntley location for the last few months, according to an article on the Northwest Herald website.

Centegra's Huntley hospital is expected to be completed in 2016.

The mockups and the weekly staff discussions about them ensures the $233 million building can best meet the needs of patients before construction finishes, said Sheila Senn, vice president and site administrator for Centegra Hospital – Woodstock.

The discussions help the construction company figure out the best ways to build a five-story, 128-bed hospital and limit the costs, said Tony Nugent, a project executive with Power Construction.

“We go into one room and make one change to an outlet, there is still 128 beds. That one one change becomes 128 changes,” Nugent said. “If we were to do that after the fact, it would be much more expensive.”

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January 20, 2015


Topic Area: Renovations


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