Category: Alaska Native Medical Center
On any given day, the Alaska Native Medical Center is caring for dozens of patients who no longer need hospital-level care. While they are well enough to leave the hospital, they are not quite ready to go home. The ANTHC Board of Directors approved construction of a short-term skilled nursing facility to address this gap in the continuum of care. Earlier this summer, ANTHC broke ground on the $69 million project, which will soon alleviate capacity pressure at the hospital. ...
Parking Update: Starting Friday, June 28, construction crews will begin to take more parking spots offline for construction activities. These parking spots are identified by the red blocks on the graphic above. Last week, construction crews extended their construction fence and took existing ADA accessible parking spots in front of the Southeast side of the ANMC hospital offline. The 11 impacted ADA accessible spots were relocated to the other side of the parking area. ADA accessible parking in this area ...
Construction Update: Construction crews continue selective demolition of the former Orthopedics Clinic space in the ANMC hospital, which will be ongoing for several weeks. Ongoing work for the interior framing and gypsum wall board installation, taping and painting, and the installation of plumbing and ducting continues. The electrical crew is finalizing the rough-in for the gypsum wall board close up. Crews have started their demolition of concrete curbs and asphalt, and footers and columns for the new Temporary ED entry canopy have been poured. Steel erection for the new Temporary ED ...
Parking Update: On Saturday, June 22, construction crews will extend their construction fence and take over existing ADA accessible parking spots in front of the Southeast side of the ANMC hospital. The green highlight in the graphic shows where the fence will be extended and the ADA accessible spots that will be impacted. The 11 impacted ADA accessible spots will be relocated to the other side of the parking area, as shown by the red block. A large portion of ...
Construction Update: Barrier walls were installed around the former Orthopedics Clinic space in the ANMC hospital and construction crews began selective demolition of the space this week. For the Temporary Emergency Department (ED) space, construction crews continue to work on interior framing and gypsum wall board installation, plumbing and duct removal continues and will be followed with the installation of new, and electrical work is ongoing. Demolition of the southeast side of the ANMC east side parking lot started this week. The ...
Construction Update: Demolition of the ANMC hospital east side exterior octagon and canopy footings will be completed this week. To prepare for the Temporary Emergency Department space, demolition of the south entrance area parking lot began this week. For the Temporary Emergency Department space, construction crews are working on interior framing and sheetrock installation, plumbing and duct removal continues and will be followed with the installation of new, and electrical work is ongoing. On Thursday, May 23, and Friday, May ...