McCarthy Awarded Children’s Health Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Facility

Nov. 9, 2015 - PRLog -- McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., (http://www.mccarthy.com/) a Texas builder for 36 years, was recently awarded the new facility that will house the Children’s Health Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine on the Children’s Health Plano campus. McCarthy partnered with design architect Page. Children’s Health broke ground on the new facility on Nov. 6.

“Healthcare projects have been and will continue to be a big part of what we do at McCarthy,” said Joe Jouvenal, vice president of operations. “To be selected by a prominent health care facility for one of its largest projects in years is a true testament to the quality of work our McCarthy healthcare team produces.”

Located on the southwest corner of Preston Road and Quincy Lane, the state-of-the-art facility will house the new Children’s Health Andrews Institute, the first institute of its kind in Texas, offering world-class pediatric orthopaedic and sports medicine care, as well as pediatric-focused injury prevention, rehabilitation and therapy. When completed in 2017, the four-story, 185,000 square-foot building will include four operating rooms, an imaging center, physical therapy space, and orthopaedic and other pediatric clinics. The Institute will also feature indoor and outdoor athletic performance facilities, including a half-size football field and running track. A new five-level parking structure accommodating 1,000 cars will connect to the building.

Children’s HealthSM is the seventh-largest pediatric health care provider in the nation and the leading pediatric health care system in North Texas, providing a full spectrum of health care services—from daily wellness and primary care to specialty visits and critical care. The Children’s Health system includes the flagship hospital Children’s Medical Center Dallas and Children’s Medical Center Plano, as well as specialty centers, primary care practices, rehabilitation facilities, home health, physician services and a research institute.

As one of the nation’s most trusted builders, McCarthy’s extensive resume of healthcare experience makes it ideally suited to take on projects of any size or complexity. In addition to its newly awarded Children’s Medical Center project, some of McCarthy’s healthcare projects include The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Alkek Hospital Expansion in Houston, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The Pavilion expansion in Houston, the Fort Bliss Replacement Hospital in El Paso by Clark McCarthy Healthcare Partners II (http://cmhpbliss.com/) and the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Replacement at Fort Hood, Texas by Balfour Beatty | McCarthy joint venture (http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=ht...).

About McCarthy

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. (http://www.mccarthy.com/) has been a community builder across America for more than 150 years (http://www.mccarthy150.com/)and in Texas for 36 years, creating and developing positive working relationships with clients in a diverse range of markets. Throughout all phases of a project, from early integrated design phase services, through construction and after completion, McCarthy builders utilize industry-leading construction techniques and the most sophisticated technology to deliver the highest quality, job-site safety and ultimately, the best value. Repeatedly honored as a Best Place to Work and Healthiest Employer, McCarthy is ranked the 12^th largest domestic builder (Engineering News-Record, June 2015) and is the leading healthcare and federal builder in Texas. McCarthy performs general contracting, construction management and design/build services for the following project types: healthcare, education, industrial, marine, transportation, water infrastructure, entertainment/hospitality, federal, parking, science and technology, and office. The firm has approximately 1,700 salaried employees with offices in Dallas, Houston, St. Louis, Atlanta, Collinsville, Ill.; Kansas City, Kan.; Phoenix; Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Denver, and San Diego, Newport Beach, San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento, Calif. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned (http://www.mccarthy.com/about/employee-owners/). More information about the company is available online at the website or by following the company on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/mccarthybuilding), Twitter (https://twitter.com/McCarthyBuild), LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/company/119184?trk=tyah) and Google+ (http://www.google.com/+MccarthyBuilding).