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Check out some of the machinery on site

Check out some of the machinery on site

March 2022 - Before the concrete foundation floor and walls can be poured and the new 16-story hospital tower can start to rise from the ground, drill rigs are digging holes into bedrock below for 60+ piers to support the building. Excavators are digging soil and loading it into trucks to haul away. Five feet at a time, an earth retention system and shoring is installed surrounding the site.  

BJC Offers Flu Vaccines to Construction Workers

BJC Offers Flu Vaccines to Construction Workers

December 2021 - BJC HealthCare’s infection prevention specialist Loie Couch vaccinated 15 workers on the Campus Renewal Project at Barnes-Jewish Hospital December 1. That was more than one-third of the workforce in this early stage of the project.

Making connections

Making connections

Nov. 2021 - Cheryl Stoddard, President of Technology Integration Engineering (TIE), credits participation in BJC Planning, Design and Construction’s (PD&C) BJC 201 for the growth of her young company. “The Capacity Building Warehouse (CBW) was a catalyst for where we are today,” says Stoddard. “I would have struggled more if it had not been for applying to BJC’s CBW and making connections through BJC 201.”

BJC 201 - Creating Strategic Alliances

BJC 201 - Creating Strategic Alliances

Oct. 2021 – The September BJC 201 program, the third this year that was held virtually, focused on how to successfully create strategic alliances on design and construction projects. These quarterly sessions are intended to create learning experiences in key areas of business/industry including operations, project management, estimating, marketing, business development and financial controls.

Construction to Begin on New Tower

Construction to Begin on New Tower

Sept. 27, 2021 - Building on the legacy of providing exceptional health care to patients from the St. Louis region, Missouri, Illinois, the nation and around the world, BJC HealthCare will soon break ground on a 16-story inpatient hospital tower at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The new inpatient tower is an important component of BJC’s Campus Renewal, a long-term vision to transform the Washington University Medical Campus (WUMC) through new construction and renovations with an overall focus on improving the experiences of patients and families served by Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

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