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ST.
LOUIS (July, 2007) –
St. Louis-based HBE Corporation announced it has
been awarded a $78,959,464 contract to build a new three level hospital
in Hanford, California. This is the sixth major project HBE has
initiated in California this year. The company continues to play a
significant factor in a state where building costs are more than double
the national average.
“We’re building value. By careful and effective
use of resources we’re able to accomplish economies that allow our
clients to build more and to get a much better hospital,” states Fred
Kummer, the CEO and President of the HBE Corporation.
The 142-bed, all
private acute care green field hospital will maintain the integrity of
the local community with beautiful mission-style architecture. “The new
campus supports our vision of being a regional health care network that
is recognized as the best place to receive care, the best place to
practice medicine and the best place to work,” said Richard L. Rawson,
CEO and President of Adventist Health Services in the central San
Joaquin Valley. “This will be a landmark medical center that our
community, our physicians and our employees can take pride in.”
The new
hospital will include 120 medical/surgical beds, two 11-bed ICU/CCU’s,
surgery unit, emergency department, laboratory, dietary, pharmacy,
admitting, administration, respiratory therapy, medical records,
education classroom area and support areas as required. The program
also includes two floors of shell space for future medical/surgical
expansion and a helipad on the roof.
HBE is a leading nationwide provider of commercial design-build
construction for health care including replacement hospitals, hospital
remodel/additions, and medical office buildings. In fact, HBE is ranked
#1 among design-build firms serving the health care industry according
to Modern Healthcare. HBE also is a leading design-builder of financial
facilities such as credit union and bank branches and headquarter
facilities. HBE specializes in turnkey, single source design-build
project delivery. The company has completed thousands of projects
across the United States. HBE is headquartered in St. Louis and was
founded in1960 by its CEO/Chairman, Fred S. Kummer.
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