By Healthcare Facilities Today

The integrated product delivery approach to construction, a collaborative delivery system that keeps all of the parties engaged  a more efficient construction schedule is keeping the $297 million project for Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Fla., on track according to an article on the All Alabama website.

Integrated product delivery is a process used mostly in healthcare construction projects that has been shown to improve construction efficiency, risk management and predictability of cost and schedule, according to the article.

“This approach invited everyone to the table early on to map out the construction strategy, thereby increasing transparency and enabling us to provide Orlando Health with realistic cost projections at the start of the project,” Ren Tilden, construction company Brasfield & Gorrie’s operations manager, said in the article

The Orlando Regional Medical Center  is building of a 10-story, 353,000-square-foot tower with more than 190 patient beds, and a four-story expansion on the south and east sides of the existing hospital.

The new patient tower will feature dedicated cardiac floors and a new trauma intensive care unit. A grand atrium lobby will connect the new patient tower with the existing hospital. Construction started in April 2012 and is expected to complete in late 2014.

Read the article.