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Aurora Medical Center in Grafton reaches major construction milestone
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We're one step closer to realizing the dream of offering our patients throughout the greater Ozaukee County area all of the benefits of integrated care close to home. On Thursday, July 30, the new Aurora Medical Center in Grafton reached a major milestone with the placement of the final piece of structural steel. Construction workers, community members and caregivers braved the rain for a special topping off ceremony at the construction site. Also in attendance were Village of Grafton Administrator Darrell Hofland, Economic Development for Grafton Enhancement (EDGE) President Todd Luft and Pam King from the Grafton Chamber of Commerce. A topping off ceremony involves lifting the final beam for the structural steel into place – a celebration of construction progress. The beam, which was painted in Aurora's signature teal, was signed by many of the construction workers as well as Nick Turkal, president and CEO of Aurora Health Care, Jim Brunnquell, Village of Grafton president, and Gene Monroe, president of Aurora Advanced Health Care. "Our patients deserve the best care, designed for their unique health care needs," said Dr. Turkal. "I am confident this one- of-a-kind medical center and the people who will care for you, your family and your neighbors will help us transform this into a place of healing." Dr. Turkal thanked the hundreds of trades' workers who have kept the project safe and on schedule, saying, "The care and quality you have put into building this Aurora Medical Center will be rivaled only by the care and quality that our caregivers will provide here for our patients." Dr. Turkal noted that the new medical center will serve as the cornerstone to an already successful affiliation with Aurora Advanced Healthcare that is benefitting patients in the community. Gene Monroe noted the medical center's importance to providing integrated care to patients in Ozaukee County and beyond. "Today's ceremony represents a clear vision and a relentless team effort to create a medical campus that will meet the area's health care needs for decades to come," he said. The new Aurora Medical Center is being built just off of Interstate 43 on Highway 60. The 89-bed medical center will feature a modern, efficient design that emphasizes comfort and convenience for patients and their families. The 520,000 square foot medical center includes the addition of an orthopedic clinic, added to original plans to better meet the needs of our patients. The medical center's design also incorporates environmental stewardship and sustainability elements from conserving energy and water and reducing and recycling waste to preservation of the site's wetlands. Construction of the medical center remains on schedule for opening in late 2010.
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