Emergency Department Expansion & Cogeneration Plant

Richmond University Medical Center undertook one of the largest expansion projects in the 100-year-old institution’s recent history to modernize critical trauma and care environments and expand capacity to meet the evolving needs of its community.

The project expanded the Emergency Department with a new entrance, waiting and intake areas, fast-track and acute treatment spaces, imaging, and support areas, followed by a new surgical suite and renovated PACU. With the hospital remaining fully operational throughout construction, LF Driscoll carefully phased and coordinated the work to maintain patient access, critical utilities, and essential clinical services—challenges heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic and the constraints of the surrounding residential campus. Infrastructure improvements, including upgrades to the cogeneration plant, further enhanced the medical center’s reliability and supported its long-term operational needs.