Lang
8/18/22
University of Iowa officials are hoping to add two stories onto the John Pappajohn Pavilion at the UI Hospitals and Clinics.
The inpatient tower currently stands at eight stories. But according to the Cedar Rapids Gazette, this week UI officials asked for proposals from construction managers to add two more stories to the facility. The total proposed budget is estimated at $95 million, with construction costs totaling $50.4 million.
The new ninth floor would house 24 intensive care beds, while the tenth floor would be what school officials call a “mechanical penthouse” to serve the other nine floors.
The proposal also calls for renovating Pappajohn’s seventh and eighth floors.
UI officials hope to narrow down the list of contractor candidates by the end of the month, with the winning bid being announced sometime in September.
The project must first be approved by the Iowa Board of Regents.