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Alabama hospital gets a four-story addition

Alabama hospital gets a four-story addition


August 11, 2010
This article first appeared in the 200906 issue of BD+C.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Hoar Construction has completed the North Tower addition at Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, Ala. The four-story, 123,000-sf addition accommodates an ER on the first floor, 32 private patient rooms and nursing support on the second and third floors, and room for 32 planned patient rooms on the top floor. The exterior is composed of brick on the first floor and EIFS above.

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