Since 2001, Gorrill Palmer (and LJB Engineering Company) has been a trusted partner in relocating Mercy Hospital (Northern Light Health) to its 48-acre Fore River Campus in Portland, ME. Our team has provided comprehensive engineering and permitting services, helping shape a master plan and securing local, state, and federal approvals for this transformative project. The […]

To support increasing traffic demands, as well as the development of a new, $156 million 60-bed hospital and medical office complex in Mason, LJB designed roadway improvements for this 30-acre site along the I-71 Innovation Corridor. To address the necessary improvements and accommodate the hospital opening, the LJB team employed an “all hands on deck” […]

LJB served as the fall protection consultant for this new 650,000-square-foot critical care building that encompasses 249 patient beds, an emergency department, operating rooms, intensive care units and more. The $600 million facility finished ahead of schedule while also achieving many other goals, even with most of the work taking place during the pandemic. LJB […]

LJB provided safety design services to help Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) fulfill its mission of improving health and wellbeing by focusing on improving safety for its maintenance workers. Leveraging its expertise in fall protection consulting and design, LJB has been assisting BSMH to proactively and systematically address fall hazards on building roofs throughout its […]

LJB provided wall panel structural design for this new four-story medical office building totaling 112,000 square feet. This project utilized the tilt-up construction method for the perimeter walls of the building plus walls of the mechanical enclosure, screen walls and emergency entrance canopy, as well as a tilt-up screen wall on the roof to conceal […]

LJB provided structural engineering for this single-story, medical office building for the Veterans Administration (VA). The outpatient clinic is 24,800 square feet and houses primary care services, mental health services, physical therapy, audiology, and a pathology lab. The primary structural elements are steel braced frames, steel moment frames, and load bearing concrete masonry units (CMU). […]

Created by the merger of Maryland-based Bon Secours and Cincinnati-based Mercy Health in 2018, Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) is the fifth largest Catholic health care ministry and one of the nation’s 20 largest healthcare systems. It boasts 50 hospitals, more than 1,000 points of care and over 60,000 employees across seven states and two […]

This two-story, 134,500-square-foot comprehensive archive/biorepository services storage facility in Leesburg, Virginia, is divided into two components: office and storage. The office, highlighted by two angled glazed walls, is the entry point into the building and contains administrative offices, employee support areas, and lab spaces. Smaller punched windows run through the first floor of the building, […]

As part of a design-build team, LJB provided structural services for this 100,000-square-foot, five-story medical office facility. The brick clad, steel frame structure features a penthouse on the roof that houses a conference center. Although the building is separate from the adjacent hospital, a second floor pedestrian bridge provides easy access for medical professionals and […]

Despite building through North Dakota winter conditions on a complete greenfield site, this 40,000-square-foot concrete tilt-up medical office building was completed in only eight months from design to occupancy. Since this was the first building constructed on a complete greenfield site, construction crews had to work around installation of utilties, roads and infrastructure. The architecturally […]

LJB provided architecture, as well as civil, structural, environmental and traffic engineering for this 80,000-square-foot medical office building addition. Located on the Southview Hospital campus, this building houses orthopedics, cardiology, physical therapy, and imaging services. The one-and-a-half story facility also houses a rehabilitation clinic and patient therapy rooms. The exterior finish of the structure is […]

A new 110,000-square-foot medical office building was constructed with tilt-up concrete wall panels. The $17.5 million, three-story Northern Ohio Medical Specialists building features Class A office space, wellness center, elevated track and therapy space. The owner wanted a durable, energy efficient and attractive facility on a tight schedule, so tilt-up construction was the answer. Tilt-up […]