St. John's patient tower

DeWitt/Dunn is the general contractor for the patient tower project at St. John’s Springfield campus, part of the health system’s $326 million master sites plan. The patient tower, which comprises 350,000 square feet on seven floors, will be the main entrance to St. John’s. Christner Inc. of St. Louis is the architect for the patient tower, and Alper Audi is the structural engineer. St. John’s spokesperson Cora Scott said the tower will add 110 patient beds to the hospital, which is licensed for 1,016 beds.

“On the bottom floor, there’s going to be meeting-room space that will accommodate about 400 to 450 people,” Scott said. The meeting space will be used for hospital events, and will be available for community events as well.

The estimated construction cost for the patient tower is $101 million, Scott said, and it is slated to open in November 2007.