Healthcare & Life Sciences
Cotter Consulting serves the healthcare and life science industries by partnering with each client in addressing rapidly changing business, technology and funding drivers that impact project success. Our expert staff tailors project planning and management services to the unique program, processes, regulatory and operational challenges of each client and each assignment. Our expertise spans the continuum of healthcare from research to patient care environments.
Mercy Hospital & Medical Center
Birthing Center, Cardiac Care Unit and Life Safety Upgrades
Chicago, Illinois
SERVICES: Program management for phased departmental renovations and hospital-wide life-safety upgrades
SIZE: 740,000 square feet
PROJECT COST: $24 million
SIGNIFICANT FEATURES:
- State-of-the art upgrades to critical care environments
- Intricate regulatory and funding requirements including those of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) financing, Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), Certificate of Need (CON), Tax Increment Funding (TIF) and various local authorities having jurisdiction
- Multi-phased construction activities and shut-downs orchestrated to maintain safe, patient focused care and hospital operations during renovations
Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation
Cardiovascular Institute and Dermatology Practice Renovations
Chicago, Illinois
SERVICES: Owner’s representative for the relocation of the Dermatology Practice to 676 North St. Clair and expansion of the Cardiovascular Institute located in the Galter Pavilion
SIZE: 24,252 square feet (Dermatology Practice), 23,000 square feet (Cardiovascular Institute)
SIGNIFICANT FEATURES:
- 676 St. Clair previously served as an office building, conversion into a state-of-the-art clinic environment required detail-oriented project management and site coordination
- Cardiovascular expansion demanded a sophisticated, multi-phased schedule to efficiently accommodate project needs while continuing uninterrupted patient care
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Preventative Medicine and Prosthetics Engineering Research Lab And Orthotics Center (NUPOC)
Chicago, Illinois
SERVICES: Owner’s representative for two tenant build-outs at 680 N. Lake Shore Drive
SIZE: 35,000 square feet (Preventative Medicine), 20,000 square feet (NUPOC)
PROJECT COST: $2.3 million (Preventative Medicine), $2.6 million (NUPOC)
SIGNIFICANT FEATURES:
- Expansion of space requirements for Preventive Medicine and consolidation of space for NUPOC
- Challenges included using creative layout to craft a space that was functional, took advantage of scenic lake views and brought natural light into the space
- Custom designed space features enhanced facilities for education and research, including the expanded Veterans Affairs Chicago Motion Analysis Research Lab, a smart classroom equipped for distance and on-site learning, conference rooms and office space
APP Pharmaceuticals (a Company of Fresnius Kabi Group)
Laboratory Relocation and Office Expansion
Skokie, Illinois
SERVICES: Project planning and management including evaluation of real estate options for relocation and expansion of lab and offices
SIZE: 56,000 square feet of laboratory and support space
SIGNIFICANT FEATURES:
- Founded in 1996, APP was acquired by Fresenius Kabi in 2008; this restructuring required phased relocation of R&D laboratories and expanding corporate offices
- Renovation of LEED Gold Certified laboratories for new program, equipment and processes
- Phased move, transition and validation resulted in uninterrupted scientific operations
Loyola University Chicago
Quinlan Life Science Education and Research Building
Chicago, Illinois
SERVICES: Project management for a new, world-class Life Sciences building located on the Lake Shore Campus
SIZE: 140,000 square feet
PROJECT COST: $41 million
SIGNIFICANT FEATURES:
- Houses labs, classrooms, conference rooms, environmental and equipment rooms, a digital-imaging facility, darkrooms, greenhouses, insectary, herbarium and an aquatic laboratory
- State-of-the-art research instrumentation includes a complete microscopy facility with transmission and scanning electron microscopes and histology laboratory
- Challenges included complex and confined site logistics, ground water, campus utility tie-ins and orchestrating scheduled move-ins with the University’s academic calendar
