University of Mississippi Medical Center Adult Tower

Yates Construction provided construction services for the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC)'s Adult Tower, a seven-story hospital adjacent to the current UMMC Teaching Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. The facility provides expanded services to the community and additional training space for medical students. Construction of the tower included a 256-bed facility, surgical support space, and sterile processing in the basement. The 256-bed facility has four floors with 64 patient rooms on each, an ambulatory surgery center with two general suites, three orthopedic suites, and one ophthalmic suite. The surgical support spaces house eight pre-op stations, eight Stage I PACU stations, and six Stage II PACU stations. The facility also includes a chapel and administrative offices. The sixth and seventh floors were shelled for future expansion.

Location

Jackson, Mississippi

Size

360,800 SF

Industries

• Healthcare

Services

• General Construction