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Houston methodist smith tower parking11/13/2023 General contractor/construction manager: Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Program manager: Broaddus & Associates, Austin Submitted by: Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Find parking costs, opening hours and a parking map of all Diagnostic Center Hospital parking lots, street parking, parking meters and private garages. To allow for future flexibility, the client decided to allow space for three additional floors to be added to the building during construction. The program was subject to change and the stacking of the building’s functions changed significantly during construction. Temporary Parking Permit: Visitors must obtain and display a temporary parking permit when using campus parking areas. The tower was a major component of the client’s strategic plan to transform their institution from a teaching hospital to an academic medical center. 6 8' Texas Medical Center - Garage 7 720 spots. The south end of the property was occupied by a fully operational hospital and a medical office building. Located on a half-block site surrounded by fully functioning buildings, the hospital was built to the property lines on the east, west and north and within two inches of Methodist’s existing hospital. Additionally, the client needed to maximize the value of the real estate, requiring the use of every available portion of the site. The project was built between two of the busiest streets in Houston. The tower’s tight location challenged the project team. A four-lane drive through the building at street level integrates the TMC with nearby Rice University. It houses radiology, radiation therapy, outpatient surgery, medical oncology and cardiac diagnostic services and is designed for future expansion.Ĭonstruction features include all cast-in-place concrete with precast and curtainwall skin. The facility centralizes the majority of outpatient medical programs for the 1,000-bed teaching and research hospital and includes parking for 1,300 cars. The project began with the implosion of Methodist’s Diagnostic Clinical Center to make way for the 26-story tower. It contains 42 medicine-related institutions, 13 hospitals and two medical schools. With more than five million patient visits annually and one of the highest densities of clinical facilities of any location, the Texas Medical Center in Houston is the largest medical district in the world.
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