Henry Ford Health Names Architects and Contractors for $2.5B Detroit Project

Henry Ford Health has selected the architectural engineering and construction management firms it plans to use in the design and construction of its $2.5 billion, 1 million-square-foot-plus hospital campus expansion in Detroit.
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: Local companies Hamilton Anderson, Barton Malow in Southfield, Turner Construction, and Dixon Construction Services will play key roles in Henry Ford Health’s $2.5 billion Detroit campus expansion. // Image courtesy of Henry Ford Health

Henry Ford Health has selected the architectural engineering and construction management firms it plans to use in the design and construction of its $2.5 billion, 1 million-square-foot-plus hospital campus expansion in Detroit.

The architectural engineering team brings together Omaha-based architectural firms HDR, Tsoi Kobus Design of Boston, and Detroit’s Hamilton Anderson. The construction management team includes Barton Malow in Southfield, and Detroit’s Turner Construction and Dixon Construction Services.

HDR is an architecture and engineering firm with expertise in large-scale academic medical center projects that respect the cultural and historic significance of their sites. Tsoi Kobus Design is a planning, architecture, and interior design firm that has been leading the broader vision planning for more than a decade.

Hamilton Anderson is a Detroit-based African American-owned architecture and landscape architecture practice known for creating successful urban projects.

Barton Malow was founded nearly 100 years ago in Detroit and is dedicated to innovation and increased efficiencies in the building process. Turner Construction has been building in Michigan since 1913 with a Detroit office for nearly 50 years, embracing emerging technologies and taking on large, complex projects.

Dixon Construction Services is a Detroit-headquartered minority business enterprise that specializes in the delivery of technical expertise and outstanding construction.

“This was a rigorous and lengthy selection process, with team members from all corners and disciplines of our organization playing a role in ensuring we selected firms that could deliver exactly what our team, patients and community needs and deserves,” says Bob Riney, president and CEO of Henry Ford Health.

“Our plans to meaningfully redesign and significantly expand our Detroit hospital campus stand to transform the delivery of healthcare as we know it, and our architectural and construction partners will help make that goal a reality.”

Commitment to sustainability also will be at the core of any architectural and construction plans that come to fruition through these partnerships. Henry Ford Health says it aspires to be a leader in sustainability, and all design and construction decisions made will have the goal to be net zero emissions by 2040 in mind.

“As an organization, we are deeply committed to being socially responsible through the partners we choose,” says Robin Damschroder, executive vice president, chief financial and business officer for Henry Ford Health. “To ensure those we partner with share our values, mission and dedication to promoting diversity, all vendor contracts for this project contain targets of 35 percent commitments from minority- and women-owned businesses, and we’ll also work with our selected partners to engage and include diverse subcontractors.”

In February, Henry Ford Health announced its plans to vastly expand and modernize its Detroit campus, including a brand-new hospital facility and patient tower. The hospital expansion plan is part of a broader development vision in the New Center neighborhood where the organization began more than a century ago.

Henry Ford Health states its team, patients, neighbors, and the greater community are all important stakeholders and will be involved in the project every step of the way.

“From the partners we’re choosing to the conversations we’ll be having in the community, collaboration is a constant and important theme of this project,” Riney says. “We look forward to hearing from our community and neighbors as we design and build a hospital that will be a destination for those from down the road and across the globe alike.”

Construction is expected to begin on the hospital expansion project in 2024.