When Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette, La., decided to build its new 378,000 sq.-ft, six-level replacement hospital and 16,000 sq.-ft central energy plant with a $211 million construction budget and overall construction schedule that would allow for only five months to erect 3,000 tons of structural steel, the design team knew that a significant challenge lay ahead. Read the full article >>
– by Matt Trammell, Modern Steel Construction – December 2009