Major changes are beginning to take place at Texas County Memorial Hospital. The south parking lot is ready to receive asphalt. Light poles will go up in the lot this week, and the lot will receive asphalt on Monday. The south lot will have 83 parking places and during the construction process, TCMH Medical Complex [...]
Read moreMajor Changes in Exterior Look of Hospital at Construction Moves Forward
The windows at the front of Texas County Memorial Hospital have been boarded up and “major changes will begin to take place” Wes Murray, chief executive officer at TCMH reported to hospital board members at their monthly meeting on Tuesday. The South parking lot at TCMH is ready to receive asphalt. Light poles will go [...]
Read moreSigned and Delivered: 27 contractors receive documents for TCMH project
Wes Murray, chief executive officer at TCMH and Mark Dethrow, USDA Rural Development area specialist, met with Matt Evans, JE Dunn project manager for the TCMH expansion and renovation project, on Tuesday. Murray and Dethrow signed 27 contracts, four copies of each contract. There was one book of contracts for TCMH, USDA, and JE Dunn [...]
Read moreTCMH building project official after loan documents signed
“We have an official project.” Wes Murray, chief executive officer at Texas County Memorial Hospital, reported those words last week to board members at their monthly meeting. While bulldozers moved dirt and rock and excavators dug trenches outside the hospital, Murray explained that the signing of the loan documents by the Texas County Commissioners was [...]
Read moreInterest rate drops for TCMH expansion project just before loan closing
Due to a recent drop in interest rates, Texas County Memorial Hospital will save almost $1 million in interest on the hospital’s $18.1 million expansion and renovation loan, board members heard last week at their monthly meeting. The quarter point interest rate drop brings the rate down to 3.75 percent from 4 percent. TCMH officials [...]
Read moreTraffic issues around TCMH have been resolved
Traffic issues around the hospital and the TCMH Medical Complex have been resolved, the hospital reported this week. TCMH has applied with the Missouri Department of Transportation to expand the width of the north and south driveways in front of the hospital. “Widening the driveways will allow us to create two exit lanes — one [...]
Read moreConstruction Bids Awarded for TCMH Project
Late last Friday, TCMH officials received word that the USDA had reviewed the final construction budget, bid tabs, contract agenda, bids for equipment and bids for sole source items. The USDA confirmed the requested sole source items in addition to the low construction bids and approved all of the information allowing the general contractor for [...]
Read moreHospital anticipates beginning of construction project in August
Texas County Memorial Hospital officials anticipate beginning construction on the 59,000 expansion project in about three weeks, board members heard Tuesday at their monthly meeting. “It feels like we’ve hit a little roadblock,” said Wes Murray, chief executive officer at TCMH. “The amount of paperwork for this project is vastly different than anything we’re used [...]
Read moreProject contributed to doctor retention
Texas County Memorial Hospital’s planned expansion played a part in retaining a hospital doctor. Dr. Charlie Rasmussen has inked a new four-year deal with the county hospital. “TCMH continues to place patient care as its highest priority, and the hospital’s upcoming building project will enhance the services I am able to offer my patients at [...]
Read moreTCMH seeks permission to add temporary west exit
The Houston City Council is considering a request from Texas County Memorial Hospital to allow traffic exit its rear parking lot temporarily through the Lilly View Addition. TCMH, which is about to start an $18 million construction project, was unable to obtain an easement from a property owner on the southeast corner of its campus [...]
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November 23, 2011
