Community leaders, physicians, politicians, Upland Hills Health management and Marshall Erdmann project engineers celebrated the new building project with a kick off ceremony held September 19th in the Hospital Café.

Upland Hills Health is entering a new era of progress and growth marked by monumental changes taking place on its hospital campus in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. The entire project will take over two years of construction and will involve extensive site improvements to the entire hospital campus.

Phase I of the project will include:

• a new 54,000 square-foot medical office building, featuring innovative design for enhanced patient comfort

• an 8,000 square-foot, superior imaging department and physical plant boiler addition

• a new dual-ambulance garage and relocated helicopter landing pad, both of which meet recent changes to governmental guidelines

• associated site-work, including additional parking for added patient convenience

Phase II of the project will include:

• demolition of the existing 1913 and 1950 buildings and 1946 annex, which will make room for more state-of-the-art facility components

• a new lobby entrance facing Highway 23 with a large drop-off canopy for patient convenience and comfort

• a new second-story inpatient pharmacy adjacent to the patient beds to improve efficiency and patient care

• extensive interior remodeling for the Lab, Rehab Services and the Emergency Department designed to maximize the patient and staff experience

Marshall Erdman & Associates, a Madison-based, national design-build firm that specializes exclusively in healthcare facilities, has been contracted  for the project. With its revamped facility, Upland Hills Health will be in a position to further the exceptional healthcare it provides to Dodgeville and the surrounding communities within its care.

Pictured from left to right are:       Dick Josh, Board of Directors Vice President & Facility Committee       Steve Deal , Board of Directors President & Facility Committee       George Ransom, MEA President & CEO       Phyllis Fritsch, Administrator       Lorraine Hennessey, Board of Directors Treasurer       Steve McCarthy, Asst. Administrator for Strategic Business Operations       Karl Pustina, Asst. Administrator for Finance       Gary Persinger, Plant Operations Director       George Stauffer, Board of Directors Facility Committee       Lynn Hebgen, Interim Asst. Administrator for Nursing & Obstetrical Services Director       Mark Trotter, MEA Senior Project Manager       Jim McCauley, Mayor of Dodgeville       Dr. Cathryn Kaiser, Chief of Staff

Senior Project Manager Mark Trotter explains the phases of the building project.	Administrator Phyllis Fritsch explains the dramatic positive impact the project will have on the community