Start 10: Reid Hospital & Health Care Services
Cost: $274 million

Reid Hospital & Health Care Services has been at its current site in Richmond, Ind., for a century.

The existing building is not capable of meeting future care delivery models the full-service hospital wants, said Michael Doiel, health care principal and senior vice president of Chicago-based HDR Architecture Inc., the architect. As a result, the approval was given for the replacement facility in the town that is about 100 mi. east of Indianapolis.

The 240-bed replacement facility will be 2 mi. from the existing hospital in a greenfield site.

Four buildings make up the project, including the Rehabilitative Services Building that is already complete and was a run-up to the main construction.

The main structures include the Inpatient Hospital, Outpatient Care Center and Medical Office Building.

The six-story Inpatient Hospital will the tallest, and the other two structures will be two or three stories, Doiel said. A "main street" corridor connects the buildings in the 760,000-sq.-ft. facility.

A unique project element is that it is one of the first in the country being financed with a "participatory bonds," Doiel said. Physicians who participate in the financing will have part ownership in the hospital.

"That's fairly uncommon," he added.

Hands-On Approach

Indeed, the hospital staff took a hands-on approach to elements of the planning, including the design.

Tours of other hospitals were taken, discussions were held and plans developed.

For instance, Reid wanted what it termed a "soft contemporary" look, Doiel said. The Inpatient Hospital will feature a good deal of white precast and curves so that onlookers are not overwhelmed with the imposing look of an only-masonry building.

A mock-up building was constructed in the courtyard of the existing hospital,
and the staff picked things that included the glass color, window mullion color and even the mortar color.

The mock-up allowed medical personnel to suggest changes, such as those made to the windows that allowed viewing into patient rooms.

The 100-acre site will allow the hospital to grow should it need additional facilities in the future.

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