Bryan East begins $47M renovation project

In August, Bryan Health announced a $47 million renovation to its Bryan East Campus.

 

In recent weeks, construction has started on the four-phase project, which is expected to be completed in early 2022. 

 

Bryan Health said in a news release that “Every aspect of the patient and family experience is being transformed with the construction and modernization of the main entrance, operating rooms, public spaces, clinical areas, and waiting areas.”

 

“A lot of staff has been involved in this so we’ve had a whole lot of people and a whole lot of design meetings,” Director of Facilities Management, Don Sheets said.  “They are really excited to see what that turns out to be.”

 

The massive project will transform 115,000 square feet of the hospital’s campus. Bryan Health officials say they are looking forward to the services it will provide.

 

“I am most excited about how it will serve the community for a little over three decades,” Vice President of Advancement, Bob Ravenscroft said. “Long term planning and modernized surgical suites will affect physician recruitment, retention, accommodate new and emerging equipment that hasn’t even been invented yet.”

Improvements will be made to public spaces, clinical areas and surgical suites. The updates also include adding new technology throughout the facility. The idea of creating more space was an important aspect of the design.

“They need a little bit more elbow room, a little bit more room to take advantage of the technology that is out there,” Sheets said. “There is a lot more equipment, a lot more people to go into our operating room and this will give them a little more space to be able to work more efficiently.”

Officials say this project will impact a lot of people.

Number of surgeries performed at Bryan Medical Center (both campuses) thru November 2018:

– Inpatient procedures: 6,429 (584 per month average)

– Outpatient procedures: 7,421 (675 per month average)

During construction at Bryan East Campus, extra staff will be available to help people around the renovation.