Six-story hospital steel frame
Approximately 3,900 tons of structural steel were detailed for the 360,000-square-foot regional hospital.
LocationHighlands Ranch, Colorado
Client and fabricatorDrake-Williams Steel
Steel in our project recordsApproximately 3,900 tons
Hospital sizeApproximately 360,000 square feet
Construction period2017–2019
Project overview
Structural steel detailing for a major healthcare campus south of Denver.
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital is a six-story regional medical center developed to serve the growing communities of Denver’s southern suburbs.
The hospital occupies approximately 360,000 square feet and is accompanied by an 85,000-square-foot medical office building, a parking structure and a central utility plant. The campus was constructed on a 33.3-acre greenfield site near C-470 and Lucent Boulevard.
Working for Drake-Williams Steel, our team provided structural steel detailing for approximately 3,900 tons of steel.
More than a standalone hospital building.
The development includes several connected healthcare and supporting facilities:
- a six-story acute care hospital,
- an attached medical office building,
- a two-story cancer center within the medical office building,
- a 550-space parking structure,
- a central utility plant.
The hospital was planned with capacity for future growth as the healthcare needs of the surrounding communities increased.
Project team and technical details
- Owner
- UCHealth
- Hospital height
- Six stories
- Medical office building
- Approximately 85,000 square feet
- Parking structure
- 550 spaces
- Campus size
- Approximately 33.3 acres
- Structural engineer
- Datum Engineers
- Design architect
- EYP
- General contractor
- Mortenson
- Primary scope
- Structural steel detailing
Detailing scope
Detailing for a large-scale healthcare structure.
Engineering-based detailing package
Steel information was developed for Drake-Williams Steel from the structural design prepared by Datum Engineers.
Structure planned for future growth
The hospital’s engineering design provided for its initial healthcare program and later capacity within the larger medical campus.
Project result
A new regional hospital completed in 2019.
Construction began in 2017, and the hospital opened in 2019. The original development included both completed patient areas and shelled space intended to accommodate future capacity.