Saint Joseph Hospital Construction

Project Overview:

The new Saint Joseph Hospital is located in the heart of Denver. The 831,000 square foot project consists of new diagnostic and treatment facilities, a 360-bed patient tower, medical office space, and a central utility plant, the same kind of central plant work Mortenson has delivered for Providence Regional Medical Center Everett and St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Shakopee, MN. The project is a cornerstone of our healthcare projects, demonstrating how large-scale healthcare construction Denver clients need can be delivered while maintaining access to critical medical services.

The project leveraged Mortenson’s strengths in prefabrication, which helped it meet its extremely tight schedule. This includes 376 prefabbed headwalls, 440 prefabricated bathroom pods, 346 exterior panels, and 166 multi-trade racks. On one day, 26 exterior panels were installed on the project. The surgical rooms also employ a modular system above the ceiling, built to future-proof hospital construction for any future renovations in the operating rooms that minimize impact and save on schedule. These innovations highlight Mortenson's approach to healthcare construction, balancing speed, quality, and operational continuity.

Mortenson spent seven months realigning Downing Street to its 1973 configuration, totally rebuilding 20th Street, building a completely new 19th Street, and demolishing two midrise medical office buildings and an existing 900 car parking garage. The project required extensive wet and dry utility relocations while maintaining uninterrupted access to three of Denver’s largest hospitals.

The project also includes two parking garage structures with more than 1,265 parking spaces to accommodate the new hospital. The parking garages serve the hospital staff and visitor / patient parking. One garage is located on the west side of Downing, and the other is attached to the new hospital.

Key Takeaways:

• 831,000 square feet completed in 30 months — one of the fastest paced large-scale healthcare builds in Colorado
• 18% schedule compression enabled from prefab
• $2.6M saved in productivity from prefab 

As one of the leading medical construction companies in Denver, Mortenson brought this same prefabrication and central utility plant expertise to one of the fastest-paced large-scale healthcare builds in Colorado.