Methodist North at Allen Road - Peoria, IL

PAST PERFORMANCE - To better serve a population that is expanding to the north side of Peoria, Methodist Medical Center (MMC) decided to construct this state-of-the-art outpatient center.  The facility provides a wide variety of health care services including physical therapy, laboratory testing, an imaging center and several doctors’ offices.  The building is actually owned by DASCO, a well-known medical real estate developer and leased to MMC.  Methodist was intent that this project help them take a leap in technology.  The facility implemented an electronic medical record system and employed the latest medical imaging technology.

Since the DASCO Company is a national developer, P.J. Hoerr had to successfully compete against several local and national construction management firms to be awarded this project.  Services required included pre-construction estimating, scheduling and consultation on construction details and materials.  Our team attended numerous pre-construction meetings over several months to aid in finalizing the design.  P.J. Hoerr then managed the bidding of the project and developed a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for the core and shell of the building and began construction. Once the interiors were designed, approximately four months later, those drawings were also bid. The P.J. Hoerr team then managed construction of the building and installation of much of the complicated imaging equipment. The GMP for the project ended up 0.9% greater than the conceptual estimate provided to the Owner seven months earlier. The final costs for the project were approximately $440,000 below the GMP, all of which were credited to the Owner.

This project was definitely on a fast-track schedule as much of the interior design was not completed until only weeks or months before scheduled project completion.  Schedule was extremely important to the Owner and the contract required a penalty of $3,500 per day liquidated damages for late completion.  P.J. Hoerr met the very aggressive schedule (even with dozens of last minute additions and changes) and completed the core/shell construction in 12 months and completed all the interiors in an additional 3 months.