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This week community members, project construction workers and Dean Clinic staff helped mark the midway point in the construction of the new St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital and Dean Clinic.
At a football-themed celebration, complete with the Janesville Craig marching band, it was officially announced that the first patients will walk through the doors of the new Janesville Medical Campus on January 9, 2012.
The structure is now fully enclosed, and most of the work on the building’s exterior is wrapping up. Meanwhile, workers are now focusing on the inside. On the 4th floor of the hospital, drywall is up in some of the single-patient rooms. Framing is still in progress on the floors below.
On the clinic side, wall coverings are going up on the third floor, and studs should be up in the second floor next month.
“As work continues on the project, the workers will move from the top of the building down as they complete the project,” according to St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital President Kerry Swanson.
Swanson, along with Dean Clinic President & CEO Dr. Craig Samitt, SSM Healthcare President & CEO Mary Starmann- Harrison and Dean Clinic Provider Dr. Daniel Staddler provided a brief halftime report to update the community on progress and what will happen over the next year.
“Just a couple of miles across town, our physicians and staff are planning our programs and our services and our vision for this campus,” said Dr. Samitt. “This campus will include all that we’ve known to love at our current clinic plus more, including new services such as cardiac rehab, outpatient psychiatry, procedure suites, the expansion of several specialty services, as well as the delivery of high-technology options.”
When open, the new hospital and clinic will employ nearly 700 people.
“Most of the job openings for the medical facility will be posted next spring. The hiring and training will start shortly after that,” said Swanson.
Construction Fun Facts
- 78-percent of all construction – 619 tons- has been recycled to date. The goal is to recycle 85-percent by the end of the project.
- 70 of the construction workers are from Rock County.
- 64,000 work hours have been done by Rock County workers of various trades.
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A little Dean Clinic/St. Mary's Janesville Hospital fan.
St. Mary's Janesville Hospital President Kerry Swanson mingles with construction workers, who were honored at a tailgate party before the community-wide pep rally.
Dean & St. Mary's Janesville Hospital rally towels.
The Janesville Craig High School marching band performs at the celebration.
 St. Mary's Janesville Hospital President Kerry Swanson updates the crowd on the progress of the new medical campus.
 Dean Clinic President & CEO Dr. Craig Samitt shares his excitement with the crowd, as he shares some of the new services the clinic will offer.
SSM Health Care of WI President & CEO Mary Starmann-Harrison speaks before a crowd of more than 200 people at a pep rally to celebrate the new medical campus in Janesville.
Dean Clinic provider Dr. Daniel Staddler talks about the great tradition of care given by physicians and staff in Janesville.
Community members toured the construction site.
Dean Clinic President & CEO Dr. Craig Samitt checks out the progress as he tours the medical campus.
A young man happy to take a look around the site of the new Dean Clinic/St. Mary's Janesville Hospital. |
