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BUILDING BLOCKS: Skywalk Building for Children’s Hospital
By: Ethan Duran//October 31, 2022//
ADDRESS: 8915 W. Connell Court, Wauwatosa
SIZE: 155,000 square feet
COST: $100 million
START MONTH: March 2021
COMPLETION: Fall 2023
OWNER: Children’s Wisconsin
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: The Boldt Co.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: GRAEF
LEAD ARCHITECT: CannonDesign
PROJECT SIGNIFICANCE: The two-story Skywalk Building will house the Emergency Department and Level 1 Trauma Center, a retail pharmacy and an interfacility transport team at Children’s Wisconsin. The emergency department expanded its treatment spaces by more than a dozen rooms, including two for mental health and behavioral needs and state-of-the-art trauma and resuscitation rooms.
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