Good Samaritan Hospital – Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Located on PGA Boulevard adjacent to the Gardens Mall, this Class A medical building consists of 4 stories of medical offices, MRI, surgery and other specialized construction over one level of “underground” parking. The project itself is a cast-in-place concrete structure with precast panels and storefront. Although the building appears “pink” it is actually a reddish brown stone aggregate face and yes the County approved this.

This was the first project of this type for this contractor and client, contracted and under construction when I came on board as the Project Manager. The existing executed Subcontract Agreements coupled with the project schedule would have caused the project to be +/- $700,000 over budget and late for the client’s programmed opening date. We successfully renegotiated all of the contracts incorporating the new pricing and schedule requirements by change order. This project completed in accordance with the owner’s schedule for move-in as well as under the original contract budget. Savings were actually recognized in the amount of $+/-150,000. Upon the completion of the Good Samaritan Hospital project, we were awarded a design-build GMP contract for the Good Samaritan Orlando Surgery Center.

Our relationship with the client was central to all of our decisions and was the key factor to this overwhelmingly successful and profitable project.

Sq. Ft. +/- 125,000 Cost total: $10,000.00 Delivery: Bid /Design-build Schedule: 16 months – including interiors. Position: Project Manager and Design Manager on the Orlando Center