Providence Hospital’s Board of Trustees approved a $38.4 million plan for enhancing orthopaedic care and general medical services through expansions and renovations at Providence Hospital Northeast.

Overall, the project will expand the facility by adding 38 new beds and provide an estimated 75-100 additional employment opportunities. Construction plans include significant renovations and new construction to both the main hospital building and the adjacent office building.

New construction will include an energy plant, an added MRI service, a new main entrance and canopy, along with an expansion of the front lobby, PACU, and central sterile processing. Areas to be renovated on the first floor include emergency, pre-op/recovery, surgery, central sterile, and admissions departments. Patient care areas on the third floor will also be renovated.

Providence’s senior leadership selected Carolinasbased KBR Building Group to provide construction services, which account for $14 million of the project planned for the Providence Hospital Northeast building.

KBR Building Group has completed more than 20 million square feet of healthcare construction projects and has a consistent top ten ranking on the prestigious list of the Top U.S. General Contractors published by Modern Healthcare. KBR Building Group has been named Southeast Contractor of the Year by Engineering News- Record, and in 2011 ranked first on that publication’s list of South Carolina’s Top Contractors as well as its list of Top Green Builders. The company has a regional office in Upstate South Carolina in Greenville with headquarters in Charlotte.

KBR Building Group is committed to including local, small, and diverse suppliers as part of its subcontracting plan. Companies interested in participating in the construction of this project should visit www.kbrbuildinggroup.com/ kbr_ subcontractors.asp.

The architect of record is Earl Swensson Associates. Construction is expected to begin in mid-March 2012.