Parkview Health serves hundreds of thousands of people in communities across multiple counties. It became evident that there was a need to bolster critical care and emergency services in the area. As a result, the concept for a healthcare campus was born. The Parkview Regional Medical Center sits on a 115-acre campus in the northern sector of Fort Wayne. With Weigand operating as the construction manager, the grounds feature several medical offices, hospitals, and outpatient services which were completed in 2012.
The Stats
The medical center is a 1,100,000 square foot campus that retains 446 beds for inpatients and outpatients. It provides imaging, pharmaceuticals, laboratory research, and other additional functions based on patron’s needs with the latest technology and the best medical practice.
The Campus Features
- Parkview Women and Children’s Hospital
- Parkview Heart Institute
- Parkview Packnett Family Cancer Institute
- Parkview Ortho Hospital
- Chapel
- 50,000 square feet of parking space
- Indoor and outdoor dining space
- Cafeteria
- Helipad
Central Health Hub
Since its original construction in 2012, the PRMC has made additions to increase the range of its medical care offerings. Expansions like the South Tower and the Packnett Family Cancer Institute brought more beds, dedicated space, and resources for healthcare staff to better aid their patients.
Safety Milestone
Due to the size and scope of the project, Weigand paired with fellow construction management firm Pepper Construction to form a joint safety partnership. This created clear, effective communication and helped to maintain the safety plan across all the parties involved in the project. As a result, this partnership’s performance received the CCS Outstanding Project Safety Award.
The Parkview Education Center is a place structured to develop and train students of health science with hands-on learning, simulated learning spaces, technical prowess, and collaborative thinking. Working as the construction manager for this project, Weigand was responsible for outfitting the existing space (originally built for a high-security aerospace company) and transforming it into an ideal facility for educating, coaching, and guiding both existing and upcoming healthcare workers.
A Hands-On Approach
The 88,996 square foot structure houses classrooms, offices, operation rooms, clinical spaces, and groupthink areas. Brought together through the vision of Fort Wayne Community Schools, Ivy Tech Community College, and Parkview Health, the trio saw the need for an innovative learning experience for health science students. They met this need by combining traditional classrooms with immersive learning spaces that emulate what’s utilized in industry. This way, students can connect their firsthand experiences with the knowledge they gained through hands-on training.
Building Features
With the capacity and staffing to support programming for up to 4,000 students a year, the education center has a several features to help accommodate:
- Patient Rooms
- Intensive Care
- Operating Rooms
- Emergency Rooms
- 2 Auditoriums (Able to convert into additional rooms)
- 10 Debriefing Rooms
- Traveling Work Areas
- Office Space
- Simulation Tools (Manikins, patient beds, etc.)
- State-of-the-Art Classroom and Simulation Technology
- Studying Halls
- Gym
- Labs
Starting Strong
Whether it’s novices beginning their journey in the world of healthcare, or experienced professionals taking the next step in their career, the Parkview Education Center prepares its students for success. By investing time and resources into their future and current staff, they’re able to better serve hundreds of thousands of patients who need their care every day.
Constructed to continue investing in Fort Wayne patients, Lutheran Downtown Hospital brings with it several updates to the forefront to greatly improve its quality of service, design, and connection with the community. The 194,000 square foot, $122 million facility provides new technology to enhance the patient’s experience during their stay. No matter the kind of medical treatment or care they’re receiving, patients are welcomed into the hospital with a peaceful atmosphere. By utilizing rooms, natural lighting, and color theory, those staying can enjoy a serene environment, intentionally constructed to evoke a sense of tranquility.
The Features
The hospital is equipped to serve through its clinics and patient services, including:
- Intensive Care Unit
- Surgery Suites
- Endoscopy Suits
- Robotic-Assisted Surgery Technology
- Diagnostic Imaging and Lab Services
- 19 Private Exam Rooms
- 2 Major Trauma Rooms
- 4 Safe Hold Rooms
- Patient Triage Bays
- 4 Operating Suites
Building A Sustainable Future
Intentionally built to conserve, Lutheran Downtown retains energy efficiency with water, electricity, and raw materials. Everything from HVAC, lighting, furnishings, flooring, carpeting, plumbing, and airflow systems are gauged and sourced to lower the climate footprint.
Making its first-ever foray into the sport, Indiana Wesleyan University got its football stadium just in time for the upcoming season in August of 2018. Working closely with Design Collaborative, the architects for this project, IWU leadership spent substantial time to determine not only what was best design for the athletes and staff, but also what was best for students and visitors coming to experience the arena on game day. With Weigand operating as the Construction Manager on this job, groundbreaking began in 2016.
The Minds Behind the Design
The overall look and layout of the stadium was a team effort shared between the architect, IWU’s athletics department director, university administrators, the president, and dean of students. This collaboration brought together the various features that we see included in the stadium today.
“Through countless hours of meetings involved in planning a facility such as this we have arrived at what I think is a design that will honor our mission as a Christ-centered university, Christ-centered athletic program and our commitment to excellence in all we build.” – John Jones, Vice President of Operations, Indiana Wesleyan University
Wildcat Stadium is planted on a 5-acre lot that sits close to the school’s track and field building. It features:
- A Special Field dug three feet lower to create a bowl shape
- Seating for up to 4,000 people
- Visitor and Home Team Seating Sections
- Seating Areas placed around the border of the field
- Concessions and Restrooms
- Visiting Team, Coach, and Officials’ Locker Rooms
- A 17,000 square foot Home Team Support Facility with padded locker room, weight room, meeting rooms, and athletic training areas.
The Support Facility is also utilized by all other teams in the athletics program, creating a multi-use building that bolsters the operational bandwidth of the athletics department.
A Campus Highlight for Years to Come
We’re proud to be a part of this sports milestone that marks IWU’s 100 years of history. We look forward to seeing Wildcat Stadium continue to spark excitement, community pride, and culture into the future!
First opened in the Spring of 2015, the Ott Hall of Sciences and Nursing is an academic building tailored to undergraduates, faculty, and graduate students across multiple subjects in health sciences. The facility aims to bring these three groups together under one roof, promoting collaboration, mentorship, and social learning within health and wellness schooling in each category.
Center for Research
The 110,000 square foot building features a large variety of studying and teaching spaces such as:
- Independent Study Spaces
- Laboratories
- Classrooms
- Lecture Hall
- Physical Therapy Lab and Classrooms
- Collaborative Spaces
- Meeting Rooms
- Teaching Stations
- Gross Anatomy Lab
Serving a population of over 3,000 students, this education hall supports undergraduates, graduates, and faculty at every stage of their learning and teaching careers. Using intentional design and the latest technology, Ott Hall is structured to enrich each person’s experience in working towards their career goals.
A Family Affair
The Sciences and Nursing Building is named after two school alumni: Gary and Connie Ott. With four generations of their family attending the school and still greatly involved in IWU themselves, Gary and Connie chose to give the school the largest donation in its history. This generous funding was used to help pay for constructing the new hall.
With groundbreaking for the original building first beginning in 1986, the Noggle Christian Ministries Center has been a fixture of Indiana Wesleyan’s Ministry Program for decades. A building that has seen many changes and adjustments to its design, layout, and structure over the years, the NCMC was ripe for an update. Because of this, Weigand was brought in to oversee the renovations as the Construction Manager.
Switching Things Up
One primary change at NCMC during the project was reshuffling the classrooms and offices. Offices for professors and staff were moved to the building’s second floor while classrooms were brought down to the main floor. Classrooms got an upgrade as well. Along with modern technology to enhance the learning experience, rooms were designed to imitate the spaces used in the professional world. For example, classrooms teaching worship or youth ministry were built to mimic sanctuaries and church youth spaces. Designated as specialized labs, these spaces give students an environment as close to the real world as possible. Other new features include:
- Bistro Room with rounded classroom layout
- 24-Hour Study Lounge
- Connecting Entrance to Elder Hall
- Seminar Room
Strengthening Education
The results of this renovation project equip the NCMC to effectively support IWU’s School of Theology and Ministry. With a large volume of education programs taught under one roof (17 Majors, 17 Minors, and 4 Graduate Programs), the facility improvements bolster faculty, staff, and students in their teaching and learning careers. By extending the Noggle Christian Ministries Center’s lease on life, the facility has the capacity to host events, discipleship, training, mentorship, and academic excellence for generations to come.
On Wednesday, September 21st, 2022, Indiana Wesleyan University officially opened the doors to its brand-new Don Wood Foundation Hall of Engineering. With Weigand serving as construction manager on this project, the 30,540 square foot structure now serves as the home for the engineering program.
Another Man’s Treasure
Although this building is a recent addition to the university, it comes from an existing construction. This is because the structure used to be an old Marsh grocery store before it was transformed. As a result, the work to get it up and running for the fall semester required renovation. The new facility features:
- Office Space
- Dual-Use Classrooms
- Engineering Shops
- Computer Labs
- Robots and Automation Lab
- Circuits and Instrumentation Lab
- Civil Engineering Lab
- Materials Lab
- Thermo-Fluid Lab
- Senior Design/Collaborative Space
Geared for Student Success
The program will offer a more diverse mix of class types to help give students a well-rounded approach to engineering.
“One quote I like the most is ‘engineering is half art, half science.’ But most engineering programs in the USA tend to focus more heavily on the science part,” says Dr. David Che, the program director, “we want to leverage the strength of our art and design program by offering this highly integrative and innovative concentration.”
It’s been amazing to bring this project to life. We can’t wait to see how Indiana Wesleyan uses this building to benefit students for years to come.
With an ever-growing student population on campus, Indiana Wesleyan University’s original home for chapel services, the Performing Arts Center, ran into an issue. The Arts Center’s capacity slowly began to dip as the influx of students living on campus began to increase year over year. As awareness for this issue was raised, campus leadership drew plans for a new facility that can accommodate larger numbers for years into the future. Weigand joined the project as the Construction Manager, overseeing the entire building plan. The product of this process was the IWU Chapel Auditorium. A record-breaking job for its time in 2009, the Chapel was the largest building project in the school’s history up until that point.
Serving Many Purposes
The Chapel is an 85,000 square foot building that features a giant auditorium that seats 3,600. This is a huge step up from the original gathering place, the Performing Arts Center, which could only seat up to 1,200 people at any given time. There is a floor and balcony section that stretch over a wide area to maximize access and seating to more people at once. Due to the impressive scale of the auditorium, other uses were factored into the design. The giant stage and plentiful seating not only lent themselves well to hosting chapel gatherings, but also conferences, concerts, shows, and many other unique events.
For Ministry
As faith is a central piece of IWU’s core structure, the successful delivery of this facility creates a new home for the university’s students and faculty to worship and practice faith as one body under a single roof. The building provides a special place that promotes the unity of over 3,000 students and the professors that guide them across a 350-acre campus.
Built to help keep their sports facility offerings on track with current needs, Hillsdale College employed Weigand as the construction manager for its new athletic center. Focused on sports like cross-country, track and field, and tennis, the Margot Biermann Athletic Center is a 70,000 square foot complex that hosts sporting events, conferences, community activities, concerts, and training for the university’s men’s and women’s athletics divisions.
Attracting Elite Talent
The Athletic Center is designed to meet a wide range of functions for several types of athletes with features such as:
- Four Acrylic Tennis Courts
- Six-Lane, 200-Meter Track
- Nine-Lane, Straightway Track
- Throw and Jump Areas
- Room For Live Events and Gatherings
Designed to adhere to NCAA requirements for championship-level competitions, the facility stands out to potential sports program candidates, demonstrating Hillsdale’s commitment to high-performance and excellent sportsmanship.
“The track oval features the NCAA’s widest-allowable inside radius (21 meters) and the NCAA’s widest-allowable lanes (48 inches). It is precisely this wide design that should allow the Biermann Center to quickly become a competitive destination for elite athletes.” – Andrew Towne, Women’s Track and Cross-Country Coach, Hillsdale College
In Loving Memory
The Athletic Center is named after the late wife of the project’s main donor, Frank J. Biermann. An alumnus who was greatly impacted by her time at Hillsdale, Margot V. Biermann was a teacher and an accomplished runner. Her passion for the sport was born while she was a student, which led her to compete in dozens of long-distance races for the rest of her life. Margot’s legacy of dedication and fervor has forever cemented her in the story of Hillsdale. Before passing on, she wanted to give back to the university that had touched her life in such a profound way. Thus, the Biermann’s became primary donors in order to make this project a reality.
Students that do not live in the on-campus dorms have access to living spaces with modern design and feel thanks to Hillsdale College’s townhome complex. With Weigand operating as Construction Manager on this project, these new homes will provide a comfortable place for students to study, sleep, and socialize in their day-to-day activities.
The idea and funding for this complex came after Thomas Duke, a trustee at Hillsdale, saw room for improvement in the college’s housing offerings.
A Mix of Amenities
The complex consists of six units with four of them holding up to eight occupants and two up to five. These three-floor townhouses feature:
- Beautiful Entryway
- Spacious Kitchen
- Dining Room
- Living Room
- Washer and Dryer Spaces
- Furnished Bedrooms with Private Bathrooms
- Utility Rooms
- Modern Design that makes use of Natural Lighting
A Better Off-Campus Housing Experience
“It will be everything a student would want. You can move in, get to work, get to class quick and have privacy and a really nice environment.” – Thomas Duke, Hillsdale College Trustee
These townhomes set a new standard for resident life at Hillsdale, and we’re excited to see where this takes college living in the future!
