, /PRNewswire/ — Boulder Associates and SmithGroup celebrate the opening of CommonSpirit St. Anthony North Hospital’s new 133,000-square-foot, five-story bed tower expansion. The two firms co-led the project’s planning, design, project management, and construction administration, in partnership with Mortenson as the General Contractor.
The bed tower addition provides expanded inpatient resources for the surrounding Westminster community, including a 30-bed medical-surgical floor, a future 25-bed ICU floor, and two floors of shelled space designated for future expansion. The Boulder Associates/SmithGroup team designed inpatient rooms to provide future flexibility and highlight views of the surrounding mountains. The expansion also provides an updated first impression for the campus via a new entry that includes a lobby, expanded elevator core, drop-off canopy, a café, and site developments.
A close-knit team dynamic between the team drove the success of the project and enabled innovative solutions fueled by collaboration. One such innovation was the inclusion of a …