McCarthy Building Companies Completes Construction of CHOC Children’s Hospital’s New Bill Holmes Tower in Orange County, CA Two Months Early

Kimberly Chavalas Cripe

 Orange, CA (March 18, 2013) – Now that construction is complete on a seven-story patient care tower at CHOC Children’s Hospital, families in Orange County, Calif. have a bright new pediatric hospital facility to help children heal and feel more at ease when they become ill or injured and need specialized medical attention.

Specifically designed for the care of children, the new 425,524-square-foot patient tower will provide leading-edge technology and advanced programs and services in a child-friendly, healing environment when it completely opens in late March 2013.

“Already a regional leader in pediatric care, now CHOC, with the help of McCarthy Building Companies and our construction and design partners, has built one of the most advanced, safest children's hospitals in the world,” said Kimberly Chavalas Cripe, president and CEO, CHOC Children's.

 “Within this beautiful, seven-story tower, which triples the size of our existing inpatient facility in Orange, our team of clinicians and staff will employ cutting-edge science and technology to improve care and outcomes for our community's children, making their futures brighter than ever," 

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Laura Mickelson (LM Communications)                                

Lauramickelson@cox.net;

(949) 453-0851                            

Susan Garritano

(McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.)    

Sgarritano@mccarthy.com;

 (314) 968-3300