Ascension St. Vincent’s recently opened its first freestanding emergency department (FED) in Trussville, Alabama. The BI team was involved in this project from the start, working alongside the architecture firm Birchfield Penuel Architects.

The 12,500-square-foot facility provides life-saving, 24/7 emergency care. Cardiovascular, surgical, transplant, neuro, stroke, and orthopedic specialists staff the workplace.

The Business Interiors team’s project scope included the lobby, twelve treatment rooms, two triage rooms, nurse stations, lab, imaging, closed offices, and break rooms. The FED provides ease of access to the local community and offers a central point of care outside of the main hospital.

Photography by: Rob Culpepper

On June 26, 2019, Baptist Health Care formally announced the planning and construction of a new state-of-the-art hospital in Pensacola, Florida. This $650 million project occupies a 57-acre campus. It includes the 10-story, 264-bed Baptist Hospital, the six-story, 178,000-square-foot Bear Family Foundation Health Center, and the 48,000-square-foot Baptist Behavioral Health Unit.

The Pensacola Baptist Health Care Brent Lane campus officially opened in September 2023. Business Interiors worked with Baptist Health Care, Gresham Smith, and Meadows and Ohly on this project. We were tasked with providing solutions for all patient-facing clinical areas. Specifically, our scope included the hospital’s main lobby, waiting areas, patient rooms, lab, pharmacy, and behavioral health areas.

Of the 264 patient beds, 54 are in the intensive care unit. 198 are medical/surgical, and 12 are labor and delivery suites. Patient rooms are spacious and private, designed for the comfort of families and visitors. The Behavioral Health Unit maintains 72 beds for adults and children needing inpatient treatment. The Bear Family Foundation Health Center houses the Baptist Cancer Institute, Baptist Heart & Vascular Institute, Baptist Medical Group, and other offices.

The entire campus is designed with a patient-first focus on comfort. Furthermore, we also focused on hospital staff space utilization, response time, and efficiency. This created a healthy, modern healthcare space. The hospital serves Escambia County and the surrounding area and stands as one of the most modern hospital campuses in the U.S.

Photography by: Chad Baumer Photography