Sacred Heart Medical Center

Location: Springfield, Ore.

Project team: Pacific Construction Systems, wall and ceiling contractor; Anshen & Allen Architecture Group, architect; Turner Construction Co, general contractor; GTS Interior Supply and Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel, suppliers; BASF Wall Systems, CertainTeed Gypsum, Dietrich Metal Framing, Fry-Reglet Corp., G-P Gypsum, Grabber Construction Products, Hilti Inc., Isolatek International and USG Building Systems, manufacturers

Sacred Heart is an approximately 1 million-square-foot hospital located in the Willamette Valley in Springfield.

Pacific Construction Systems secured a guaranteed maximum price contract for the project’s drywall, fireproofing and plastering scopes. The contract reportedly was unique for a drywall contractor in the area.

The hospital has a lodge-like main lobby atrium with a porte-cochere, tall columns, intricate soffit work and terrace-style balconies.

Patient areas required a high level of detail, with sill framing in all 386 rooms since the hospital decided to forego a typical strip-window system. Special framing also was needed for ceiling medallions at corridor intersections.

Pacific Construction installed more than 75,000 sheets of drywall and a shaft wall system on the project. Its crew peaked at more than 150 workers and its contract reached $35 million.

Judge’s comment: “This project was all about designing and building an innovative 10-story hospital that performs the function but has the appearance of a Northwest lodge. Much of the wall and ceiling work on this million-square-foot project was like creating art while still meeting the challenges of a new, high-tech facility. The workmanship was outstanding.”