Owner: St. David’s Healthcare Partnership, Austin, Tex.

PCI-Certified Precast Concrete Producer: Enterprise Precast Concrete, Corsicana, Tex.

Precast Concrete Specialty Engineer: E.Construct, Omaha, neb.

Architect: Earl Swensson Associates Inc., Nashville, Tenn.

Engineer of Record: Structural Design Group, Nashville, Tenn.

Contractor: Brasfield & Gorrie LLC, Dallas, Tex.

PCI-Certified Erector: Nationwide Erectors LLC, Grapevine, Tex.

Project Cost: $145 million ($1.72 million for the precast concrete)

Project Size: 167,230 ft² (addition), 28,325 ft² (renovation)

Key Project Attributes

• The St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas expansion features a 167,230-ft² vertical expansion, adding four stories to an existing three-story hospital wing.
• A total of 4 new operating rooms, 36 recovery rooms, 59 postoperative rooms, and 24 specialized-care rooms were added to the facility.
• One of the project’s primary goals was to enable future expansion. Two levels of shelled space were therefore added, priming the Women’s Center for growth opportunities.

Project/Precast Scope

• Three hundred twelve precast concrete cladding wall panels were manufactured and installed on the project, including vertically spanning panels, column wraps, and horizontal spandrels.
• Each panel features a medium sandblast finish and one of two integral colors—cream or pink-tinted orange—carefully matched to the existing building.
• Just-in-time deliveries of the precast concrete and strategic scheduling minimized site disruption, allowing the Women’s Center to continue serving patients during construction.