ST. LOUIS (January, 2011) - Forty-six years after Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital was built, HBE crews began pouring the foundation for a 148,000 square foot replacement hospital.

The $103 million hospital project is scheduled to complete in October, 2013 and will allow Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital to meet California's new seismic standards by 2013.  "The new Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital is going to be a beautiful facility, but more importantly, it was designed and will be built to meet the needs of the community," said Diane Wisby, the hospital's vice president.

The new facility will have 20 ER beds, the number of surgical suites will increase from four to six, and there will be 44 fully private medical/surgical rooms, eight intensive care rooms, a dedicated endoscopy suite and four hyperbaric oxygen chambers.  Another feature will be what's termed "key adjacencies" - a strategic placement of certain types of rooms near services designed to eliminate duplication of testing facilities and unnecessary movement of patients from their rooms.

ABOUT HBE: 

HBE Corporation is the nation’s leading designer and builder of hospitals, including replacement hospitals and hospital renovations and additions.  The company has designed and built more than 1,100 hospitals in 49 states, and is ranked as the number one hospital design-build firm in the United States.  Headquartered in St. Louis, HBE is one of the largest privately held companies in the Midwest with a staff of 400 people including architects, engineers and construction professionals.