UK HealthCare will build a $580M utilities plant as part of an expansion
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University of Kentucky hospital is going to build a $580 million utilities plant to help serve more patients, according to a news release from the university.
UK’s Albert B. Chandler Hospital will expand its infrastructure through a public-private partnership with Kentucky Infrastructure Partners, which includes designers, developers and utility operators, the release said.
The facility will provide utility services to the hospital with a “connected distribution system and optimize existing equipment to provide heating and cooling to a growing campus,” the university said.
“Thousands of patients each year must be turned away because current facilities are at capacity,” the news release said.
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The project is expected to modernize UK’s existing water systems to be energy efficient. It will also provide backup generators to the hospital and more “utility piping” to support growth of the south campus.
“This is the first project that has to be done in order to expand Chandler, because our current heating and cooling is not enough to support an expansion,” said Lindsay Travis, a spokesperson for UK HealthCare.
This is a developing story and will be updated.