Healthcare
Florida Hospital of Zephyrhills
Zephyrhills, Florida
Florida Hospital of Zephyrhills, formerly East Pasco Medical Center, chose Doster Construction Company as Construction Manager for a major expansion project. The project consists of an open heart addition, fourth floor addition, ER expansion, women's center renovation, CVICU renovation, construction for a new catheterization lab, and renovation of the existing cath lab, an addition to the existing outpatient lobby and admissions department, renovation of the respiratory therapy department, and a new lobby for the Heart Institute. Florida Hospital Zephyrhills is part of the Adventist Health System.
Doster provided pre-construction services to provide budgeting for the project as the design of the project progressed. The project started and finished earlier than expected and met all the owner's expectations. The multi-phased project was the largest undertaking the Hospital went through since its original construction.
The overall project goal was to address needs of the growing community and give the existing facility a face lift by providing a state-of-the-art Digital Open Heart Center. The new design also consolidated all critical patient care functions into the new two-story addition with new surgery suites located on the second floor that encompass an advanced, modern and all digital environment. Coordination with hospital staff was crucial in order to accommodate utility shut downs, movement and stocking of material and trash removal. Phasing of the sitework required temporary parking for employees and the public, and required maintaining access to the ER for ambulance traffic. Each phase was turned over to the hospital earlier than scheduled and was passed by the State Inspectors on the first visit.
