Ameren-MLK Switching Station
October 1, 2015
McGrath completed two phases of construction on Ameren Missouri’s $8.5 million switching station on Martin Luther King (MLK) Drive in downtown St. Louis. The combined site work performed by McGrath was $1.4 million. The 13.8kV Ameren MLK project, estimated at $42.5 million, is part of a larger Ameren Missouri investment to upgrade electric service in downtown St. Louis over the coming decades. The 10-week Phase 1 work was performed during one of the coldest and [...]
Amtrak-Mobility First
March 11, 2015
This project was part of Amtrak’s Nationwide Mobility First ADA upgrades project. McGrath installed new ADA walkways and ramps at two existing Amtrak stops, La Plata, MO and Poplar Bluff, MO. At all three sites, McGrath installed owner furnished wheel chair lift enclosures. The existing stops were on both Union Pacific and Burlington Northern rail lines. McGrath had to facilitate all workers receiving e-rail safe training and Amtrak training. Coordination of project wide OCIP and [...]
BJH 8800/8900 Patient Division
December 9, 2014
This $6.1 million, 23,000-square-foot project involved the renovation of the 8th floor of Shoenberg Pavilion located on Barnes-Jewish Hospital's North Campus into a twenty five bed Inpatient Division and ten bed ICU Department. In order to keep the ICU operational throughout the project, McGrath devised a detailed three phase construction plan, which included relocating the ICU into a newly renovated space before renovating their previous location. The project also added a new 36,000 CFM rooftop [...]
BJH ICU Renovation
This $11 million, 36,700-square-foot renovation of the Intensive Care Unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital includes 36 new ICU rooms, patient care stations, support areas, and family waiting areas. McGrath also installed three new mechanical units and performed building infrastructure upgrades on multiple floors. A significant portion of the project was located directly above the hospital’s Central Sterile Processing Department, which prepares and distributes sterile surgical instrumentation to the OR and other areas of the hospital. McGrath [...]
BJH Pain Management
The $1.7 million Barnes-Jewish Hospital Pain Management project consisted of building a new suite on the 14th floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine. McGrath was successful in exceeding the Owner’s goals for diversity inclusion as approximately 23% of the project was completed by minority contractors. The diversity inclusion success was achieved even though the need for a compressed schedule developed late during pre-construction. The project was started two weeks earlier and finished one month [...]
