Skanska breaks ground on University of Texas’s new medical school

by arslan_ahmed | April 25, 2023 11:30 am

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Skanska, a global construction and development firm, recently broke ground on the University of Texas (UT) at Tyler’s Medical Education Building in Tyler, East Texas.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott was in attendance as the area celebrates UT System’s seventh medical school in Northeast Texas, where new physicians will train and practice. Skanska is partnering with Tyler-based HGR General Contractors on the project as a joint-venture (JV).

The groundbreaking marks the start of the building process for this five-story, nearly 23,040-m² (248,000-sf) facility, with the opening slated for March 2025. The Medical Education Building will support interdisciplinary education for graduate medical students, resident training, and nursing, and aid as part of a medical education program expansion throughout the UT Health East Texas Health System. In addition, the new building will provide outpatient and specialty clinical services with exam rooms, specimen collection/processing, and imaging facilities.

“The UT Tyler Medical Education Building combines two of our building specialties, healthcare and education,” says Dennis Yung, executive vice-president and general manager of Skanska North Texas. “It is an honor to partner with UT to build this state-of-the-art facility that will have a significant impact on the education and the subsequent health of the region.”

“This is an enormous milestone for UT Tyler and for all of East Texas,” says UT Tyler president Kirk A. Calhoun, MD, FACP. “We are excited to take the next step in creating a physical home for the School of Medicine, and on behalf of UT Tyler, I want to thank the UT System and the East Texas community for the continued support of our healthcare education advancements.”

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