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Mercy broke ground on the 200,000-square-foot hospital in July 2011, and completion is expected by August 2013.
Mercy broke ground on the 200,000-square-foot hospital in July 2011, and completion is expected by August 2013.

Contractor to lay final beam at Mercy Orthopedic Hospital

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St. Louis-based construction firm McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. today will place the final beam for the roughly $116 million Mercy Orthopedic Hospital under way at U.S. Highway 65 and Evans Road.

Following a 5:30 p.m. topping-off ceremony, tours will be held at the unfinished hospital. The ceremony also will commemorate the completion of the development's concrete frame, according to a news release.

Event speakers include Jon Swope, president and CEO of Mercy Springfield Communities, and Dr. Rick Seagrave, Mercy orthopedic section chair and surgeon.

Mercy broke ground on the 200,000-square-foot hospital in July 2011, and completion is expected by August 2013. The four-story hospital on 120 acres is designed to include 48 beds, a surgery center with 10 operating rooms, 52 inpatient rooms, a clinical center for 20 orthopedic surgeons, a central energy plant, a food center and a pharmacy, as well as imaging and physical therapy services, according to the release.

Construction alone is roughly $78.5 million, according to Mercy Springfield Communities spokeswoman Lisa Cox.

To date, the project has employed 700 people, and more than 2,500 people are expected to work on the facility throughout its development. The release said 93 percent of the subcontractors for the project have been local, with 92 percent local man hours to date. Dallas-based HKS Architects Inc. is serving as the project architect, with engineering work by Olsson Associates Inc., civil; SSE Inc. (St. Louis), structural; and Heideman Associates Inc., mechanical, electrical and plumbing.

When the hospital opens, it is expected to employ about 250.[[In-content Ad]]

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