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Meridian Health, Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Neptune, New Jersey
Jersey Shore University Medical Center plans to embark on a $235 million expansion that will include a new parking deck, new buildings and state-of-the-art equipment, hospital. WHR Architects has updated the existing facility master plan to better define the direction of future development. The proposed project comprises of new construction and renovations amounting to a total of 433,400 sf. Construction could begin early 2006 - assuming the project wins all necessary approvals - and is expected to be completed by 2010.
The expansion plans includes a five-story �Northwest Pavilion� that would include a trauma center and three 36-bed adult medical surgical units. The pavilion would also include an empty floor for future growth, a three-story diagnostic and treatment building, housing support services, a 12-bed cardiac intensive care unit and three operating rooms. A four-story lobby/atrium will serve as a second main entrance from the parking garage area. Substantial square footage has been allocated to public spaces including a concourse and healing gardens. These spaces hope to provide positive distractions for family, patients and staff. They promote social support and offer a variety of experiences from education, robust art program to access to nature. A new �loop road� around the parking lot, a 975-car parking garage and site development will help organize vehicular traffic on campus. Renovations will include an expansion of Outpatient Services, Lab, NICU, Pediatric,OB beds and Cath Lab. In addition, building circulation on the campus has been reorganized to facilitate On/Off Stage concept.
When the construction is complete, the hospital will gain about 136 new patient beds, bringing the total to more than 550, and officials plan to renovate the current emergency room to provide more outpatient services. Patient rooms in the new buildings will all be private, with a higher nurse-to-patient ratio than now provided, he said. New technology will also be introduced.
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