Health is on the way: UTMB’s Victory Lakes expansion on track for February 2015

Early this year, UTMB began a $90 million building expansion project at the Special Care Center at Victory Lakes that will include an emergency department and beds to accommodate patients requiring overnight stays. The project will create 142,000 square feet of clinical space, allowing for the addition of 39 patient beds and inpatient stays of up to 72 hours, 17 emergency/urgent care treatment rooms, four operating rooms, endoscopy rooms and 25,000 square feet of shell space for future development. The project is advancing, with the concrete structure expected to be complete in late December. The construction averages 55 workers on site each day, with 68,000 man hours worked to date. The project is currently on schedule and within budget. The facility should be open in February 2015.