Stormont Vail Health
Interview with the Client:
KEITH GRIFFIN
Systems Director-Facilities Management
Tell us about the growth of Stormont Vail into Manhattan.
Stormont Vail’s momentum of growth in Manhattan has increased access to care and enabled many to receive care in or near their home community. This investment in quality, patient-centered care is the reason Stormont Vail is creating the Manhattan Medical Campus. The facility will include state of the art technology and will power our providers and team members with the tools, space, and resources to do their jobs well.
In July 2023, our 79,000 square foot Stormont Vail Health Manhattan Campus will be fully operational. Stormont Vail Health Manhattan Medical Campus will bring services for which the Manhattan market has a deficit, such as primary care, cardiology, infectious disease, plastics and reconstructive surgery, neurology, psychiatry and others. Expanding services available to patients include imaging (addition of x-ray, MRI and an additional CT), full laboratory (expansion of testing capabilities to include histology), infusion services (access to infusion bays for oncology outreach and specialty medication), walk in clinic, and medical weight management.
Not only does the new facility bring quality care closer to home, it is also a community benefit. Once open, the Manhattan campus will employ 125 full time employees, a 64.3% increase in team members, equating to approximately $18 million in annual payroll. This means, Stormont Vail will support approximately $10.7 million of additional income throughout the community.
How does Stormont’s growth impact Topeka?
Stormont Vail Health’s growth impacts all of Northeast Kansas. Our growth impacts Topeka, and other surrounding communities, by creating more and important connections and affiliations with providers and other health care entities all over the region. This allows us to provide the highest quality of care to help improve the health of the health of our community.
What’s the next project?
Construction is underway for our expansion and renovation of the Cotton O’Neil Cancer Center. The Cancer Center in Topeka opened in 2006 providing a beautiful setting for state-of-the-art technology for diagnosis and treatment of cancer and a patient-focused design. Today, 16 years later, our cancer center continues to set the standard for bringing our patients and community the best in care.
The expansion will create additional exam and consult rooms, opportunity for patients to meet with a multi-disciplinary care team, expand space for our infusion center that will relocate to this location, enhance pharmacy operations, and provide more comfortable areas for patients and visitors. We are grateful to our Foundation donors and supporters for helping turn this plan into action.
The completion of this expansion project is expected in June 2023.
Interview with the Contractor:
TANNER SMITH
Project Manager
What makes this project special or unique?
Stormont Vail is making a significant investment to better serve Manhattan and the surrounding communities. This is also the largest single contract for Kendall Construction, and the fact that we can complete this project for such a strong community leader is a huge plus. We look forward to using
this experience to build a stronger business and continue our growth.
What is your process when working with a business to build their vision?
We have a customer-first way of doing business that begins with active-listening to understand the clients’ goals and vision for their investment. Our team is highly involved in every aspect of the project from beginning to end and we are in constant communication with our customers with a proactive problem-solving approach. Our focus is on building partnerships with our clients and to ensure they are getting a quality project, both on time and within budget.
How do Kendall building projects impact the community as a whole?
A project of this size will have over 100 employees touch the jobsite from more than 15 local companies, that doesn’t include the offsite employees involved. A huge part of our success can be attributed to partnering with local sub-contractors on each project.
These partnerships allow us to help keep our clients’ investment within the community and build strong business relationships here.
What is your vision for our community from a builder’s perspective?
Inviting new businesses to town and growing existing businesses is what this community needs to continue its success. We feel that we are growing and expanding as well with the community by expanding our ability to take on larger projects and building lasting relationships with customers that have helped us get where we are today.
