Surgery center construction in Dallas–Fort Worth

Who builds out surgery centers in DFW?

A surgery center is one of the most demanding interiors a general contractor builds. Operating rooms, pre-op and recovery, sterile processing, medical gas, emergency power and the air system all have to work together, and the facility is inspected and surveyed before the first patient is treated. The contractor you want has built medical space before and brings its mechanical, electrical and plumbing subcontractors into the planning early.

Harrison Construction’s client list includes three surgery centers: Grayson County Surgery Center, Lewisville Surgery Center and McKinney Orthopedic Surgery Center. Medical and dental offices are on our project records as well, listed in the table below.

What is different about building a surgery center

Most of the difference is behind the walls and above the ceiling. The design team sets the requirements; the contractor’s job is to price them correctly, build them in the right order and show at the end that they perform.

• Air and pressureoperating and sterile rooms have their own requirements for filtration, air changes, temperature, humidity and pressure between rooms. The mechanical system is designed and tested to them.
• Medical gas and vacuumpiped by installers qualified for that work, then tested and certified before use.
• Poweremergency power for the systems the design calls for, and electrical work coordinated with every piece of medical equipment.
• Finishesfloors, walls and ceilings in clinical rooms chosen so they can be cleaned, with the seams and details the infection-control plan depends on.
• Equipmentlights, booms, sterilizers and imaging are coordinated with the suppliers before rough-in, because each one sets structure, power, plumbing and wall backing.
• Inspections and licensingcity inspections and the certificate of occupancy, plus the state licensing and accreditation surveys the owner’s team leads. We build to the approved drawings and supply the test reports and close-out documents those surveys ask for.

Start with pre-construction

A surgery center is the wrong project to price from a floor plan. In pre-construction we review the suite or the site with the design team, prepare a conceptual estimate, look for value-engineering options that do not touch clinical requirements, review the drawings for constructability and build a development schedule that carries the permit, the long-lead equipment and the inspections.

That is also when the largest risks are found: a building whose structure, roof or electrical service cannot carry the mechanical and power loads, or a shell delivered in a different condition than the lease says.

Working next to patients

An expansion or a remodel inside an operating medical building is planned around the people already there. Dust and noise are contained, work that affects shared systems is scheduled with the building, and phasing is agreed with the practice before pricing, so the cost of working that way is in the bid.

Who you work with

Lonnie Harrison, President, founded the company in Fort Worth in 2011. Alex Lioumis, VP of Operations, oversees project execution, field personnel and subcontractors, and Anne Hickey coordinates schedules and documentation. You get regular progress meetings and electronic project reports through close-out.

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