McLaren Greater Lansing’s Replacement Hospital Wins 2022 National Merit Award | McLaren Health Care News

September 15, 2022

Author: Sarah Barber

“From day one our design-build teams worked together with our clinicians to build a hospital that is not only beautiful, but provides the best experience for our patients and visitors.”

McLaren Greater Lansing is proud to announce that the new hospital project won a National Award of Merit in the Healthcare Facilities category from the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA). The McLaren Greater Lansing hospital project was one of three health care projects from across the country to win this award.

“From day one our design-build teams worked together with our clinicians to build a hospital that is not only beautiful, but provides the best experience for our patients and visitors,” said Kirk Ray, President and CEO of McLaren Greater Lansing. “We are grateful for this recognition and look forward to providing our community with quality health care services they need to get care close to home.”

After breaking ground on the new facility in 2018, the design-build teams had to navigate a global pandemic that resulted in labor and materials shortages. Through it all the design/build teams worked together to build a hospital that will serve the community for generations to come.

“The DBIA is proud to honor this year’s design-build project and team winners, who are redefining what exceptionalism looks like and advancing the practices of the AEC industry and design-build’s role in our nation’s much-needed infrastructure programs,” said Lisa Washington , CAE, DBIA Executive Director/CEO.

The DBIA competition’s Healthcare Facilities category had two other award winners: Ireland Army Health Clinic in Fort Knox, Kentucky, and Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln City, Oregon. All three nominees are eligible for the National Award of Excellence in the Healthcare Facilities category, which will be announced in November.

More about McLaren Greater Lansing’s Replacement Project:

This project consolidates two existing Lansing hospitals into a new 562,000 sq. ft. hospital adjacent to Michigan State University (MSU). The nine-story, 240-bed hospital is nestled within a 39-acre, $601 million health care campus. The state-of-the-art hospital includes all private patient rooms equipped with the latest technology and modern conveniences. All rooms feature large windows and most include views of MSU’s football stadium or agricultural fields, East Lansing, or downtown Lansing.

The facility has a dedicated ambulance entrance, where there are four enclosed bays to unload patients and a ground-level helicopter pad. The emergency department has all private rooms, specially designed trauma rooms and elevators, an observation unit, and mental health rooms with specific features designed for patient and staff safety, as well as CT, X-ray, ultrasound, and vascular imaging in the emergency room.