UAB Medicine Inpatient Rehabilitation

The new UAB Medicine Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility is an 11-story, 346,000-square-foot building in downtown Birmingham and represents the largest healthcare project UAB has ever undertaken in downtown Birmingham, both in cost and scale.

The project replaces the existing 61-year-old Spain Rehabilitation Center. The scope of work includes site work and construction as follows: Four levels of service and a loading dock, parking deck, and lobbies, with connections to the existing hospital pedestrian walkway, one shelled floor for future patient care, four levels of inpatient care with 106 beds, and two levels of administration, conferencing, and mechanical. The first floor includes a courtyard with multiple walking paths, stepping stones, basketball courts, and a putting green.

Hoar worked closely with UAB and project partners to navigate the complexities of building in a dense, urban landscape, which required careful sequencing to ensure that materials were delivered on time without disrupting traffic or pedestrian safety. The schedule required several building components being installed simultaneously, from metal wall panels to glass windows to screenwall, and the use of technologies such as Multivista and BIM significantly saved our project team time and made the sequencing and installation of materials seamless.