New hospital is an investment in rural healthcare
WHITEHALL, Wis. (February 2022) – Kraus-Anderson (KA) is about to begin construction on Gundersen Tri-County Hospital, a new hospital and renovated clinic for Gundersen Health System in Whitehall, Wis. The new facility, which will replace the current 60-year-old hospital, serves Whitehall, Blair, Independence and surrounding communities. Construction will begin in March and is expected to be completed in the fall of 2023.
Designed by GROTH Design Group, the two-story, 69,000-square-foot hospital will feature private patient rooms, a trauma center and helipad landing zone near Emergency Services. The hospital will also include an ER, imaging, lab, pharmacy, surgical, dietary, rehabilitation and transitional care. A new ambulance and maintenance building will also be built on the site. The project will also remodel the current clinic.
Gundersen Health is a comprehensive not-for-profit healthcare system that serves 22 counties in western Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa and southeastern Minnesota. Gundersen Tri-County Hospital — an investment in rural healthcare — has 250 staff and 30 providers and serves 19,000 patients annually.
Kraus-Anderson has served as construction manager on numerous Gundersen Health System’s projects, including:
– Legacy Building, a 430,000-square-foot, six-story hospital with emergency and critical care services with helipad in La Crosse;
– Heritage Building, a renovated a six-story hospital with various therapy and imaging services in La Crosse;
– Behavioral Health, a two-story, 54,000-square-foot inpatient hospital in La Crosse;
– Gundersen Winona Clinic, an 86,000-square-foot primary care clinic in Winona;
– Gundersen Tomah Clinic, a two-story, 77,000-square-foot medical office building with a cancer center in Tomah.
COVID-19: KRAUS-ANDERSON’S COMMITMENT TO JOB SAFETY
As the world continues to deal with and adapt to the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kraus-Anderson’s top priority remains safety. The company has implemented stringent social distancing practices and other elevated safety protocol on construction job sites, details of which can be found at https://www.krausanderson.com/about/kraus-anderson-responds-to-covid-19/.
About Kraus-Anderson
Established in 1897, Kraus-Anderson (www.krausanderson.com) is one of the nation’s premier commercial general contractors and construction managers, which has been leading the charge in sustainable design and construction for the last 25 years. With deep experience in healthcare construction, the company is currently ranked 16th in the nation among the top health care general contractors in the U.S. by Modern Healthcare magazine. Kraus-Anderson, an EEO/AA employer, is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. and has regional offices in Madison and Milwaukee, Wis., Bismarck, N.D., and Duluth, Bemidji and Rochester Minn.
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