Tsoi Kobus Design Selected for Design Team Leading Transformative Detroit Hospital Campus Expansion
Henry Ford Health, one of the nation's premier academic and integrated health systems, has named Tsoi Kobus Design among the architectural engineering and construction management firms it plans to use in the design and construction of its transformative one-million-square-foot-plus hospital campus expansion in Detroit. In total, three architectural engineering firms and three construction management firms will work together in unison to bring Henry Ford Health's — and the community's — groundbreaking visions to life.
"This was a rigorous and lengthy selection process, with team members from all corners and disciplines of our organization playing a role in ensuring we selected firms that could deliver exactly what our team, patients and community need and deserve," said Henry Ford Health President and CEO Bob Riney. "Our plans to meaningfully redesign and significantly expand our Detroit hospital campus stand to transform the delivery of healthcare as we know it, and our architectural and construction partners will help make that goal a reality.
Tsoi Kobus Design has partnered with Henry Ford Health for more than ten years as Master Plan Architect on the strategic re-planning of its core campus.
Alongside Tsoi Kobus Design are HDR — a globally recognized architecture and engineering firm with deep expertise in large-scale academic medical center projects; and Hamilton Anderson Associates — an African-American owned architecture and landscape architecture practice with deep roots in Detroit. For this project, the construction management (CM) team is composed of national leaders Barton Malow and Turner Construction, and local leader Dixon Construction Services. The CM team is calling itself “BTD.”
"As an organization, we are deeply committed to being socially responsible through the partners we choose, said Robin Damschroder, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Henry Ford Health. "To ensure those we partner with share our values, mission and dedication to promoting diversity, all vendor contracts for this project contain targets of 35 percent commitments from minority- and women-owned businesses, and we’ll also work with our selected partners to engage and include diverse subcontractors."
Commitment to sustainability will also be at the core of any architectural and construction plans that come to fruition through these partnerships. Henry Ford Health aspires to be a leader in sustainability, and all design and construction decisions made will have our goal to be net zero emissions by 2040 in mind. The organization is excited to share more about its sustainable choices and designs as the projects develop.
In February, Henry Ford Health announced its plans to vastly expand and modernize its Detroit campus, including a brand-new hospital facility and patient tower. The hospital expansion plan is part of a broader development vision in the New Center neighborhood where the organization began more than a century ago. Henry Ford Health’s team, patients, neighbors and the greater community's needs are at the heart of this plan, and the organization will be engaging those important stakeholders every step of the way.
"From the partners we're choosing to the conversations we'll be having in the community, collaboration is a constant and important theme of this project, Riney said. "We look forward to hearing from our community and neighbors as we design and build a hospital that will be a destination for those from down the road and across the globe alike."
Construction is expected to begin on the hospital expansion project in 2024.
