Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital

ProjectsMountain States & Southwest Construction NewsBest Projects2025 Best of the Best Winners Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital By Emell D. Adolphus Photo courtesy Dan Schwalm © 2024 HDR The 650,000-sq ft facility includes 226 beds, 10 operating rooms, a streamlined ambulance intake and a rooftop helipad. March 13, 2026 Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital Wheat Ridge, Colo. Health Care Submitted by: Barton Malow | Haselden Region: ENR Mountain States Owner: Intermountain Health, Peaks Region Lead Design Firm: HDR General Contractor: Barton Malow | Haselden, a Joint Venture Civil/structural Engineer: Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers MEP Engineer: Cator, Ruma & Associates Owner’s Representative: Cumming Group Electric: Encore Electric Skilled labor constraints and supply chain volatility pushed the project team behind this new construction to rethink traditional project sequencing. By restructuring how work was planned and executed, the team says it saved $6 million in project costs while shortening the speed-to-market timeline by four months. Photo courtesy Dan Schwalm © 2024 HDR “We deployed non-traditional construction sequencing, with the building constructed simultaneously from level 2 downward (podium) and level 3 upward (tower) to maximize labor productivity and parallel work streams,” explains Barton Malow Vice President Larry Arndt. Prefabricating nearly 25% of the hospital facility’s components—including enclosures, MEP kitting, MEP racks and patient ba...