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And the Merit Award goes to
Peek inside the 2016 Veterinary Economics Hospital Design Competition Merit Award-winning hospitals, and stay tuned in coming months to learn more about them.
Maybe there's a Taj Mahal or two, but there are hospitals, big or small, to appeal to the sensibilities of just about any veterinary design geek.
Here's the lowdown on the six Merit Award winners of the 2016 Veterinary Economics Hospital Design Competition. Keep an eye out for fantastic, tip-filled, interactive articles and glorious color photographs in the coming months right here on dvm360.com and in print in dvm360 magazine. And watch for the special Hospital Design Supplement coming in June 2016 dvm360 magazine for more tips, tricks and ideas from all of this year's winners that you can steal to implement in your future projects.
Now enough with our boring introduction speech. Let's tear open the envelopes!
Austin Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Center, Austin, Texas
Owner(s): Don Hulse, DVM; Lindsay Vaughn, DVM; Brian Beale, DVM; Wayne Whitney, DVM; Heidi Hottinger, DVM; Randy Longshore, DVM; Ryan Buck
Number of doctors: 14
Exam rooms: 9
Total cost: $2,681,722
Building cost: $1,311,404 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)
Square footage: 11,081
Structure type: Leasehold conversion
Bigger Road Veterinary Center for Pet Health and Enrichment, Springboro, Ohio
Owner(s): John Talmadge, DVM; Elizabeth Blacklock, DVM; Conan Crocker, DVM, DABVP; Allison Crocker, DVM
Number of doctors: 8
Exam rooms: 8
Total cost: $1,274,713
Building cost: $831,922 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)
Square footage: 9,105
Structure type: Leasehold conversion/interior fit out
Andover Animal Hospital, Andover Township, New Jersey
Owner(s): Harvey E. Hummel, DVM
Number of doctors: 3
Exam rooms: 5
Total cost: $2,110,500
Building cost: $1,265,000 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)
Square footage: 8,034
Structure type: Freestanding conversion
Veterinary Associates of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Owner(s): Thomas Burns, DVM
Number of doctors: 7
Exam rooms: 8
Total cost: $3,178,839
Building cost: $1,600,000 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)
Square footage: 8,234
Structure type: Freestanding addition/alteration
Finan Animal Hospital, Darien, Illinois
Owner(s): April Finan, DVM
Number of doctors: 1
Exam rooms: 4
Total cost: $376,153
Building cost: $312,735 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)
Square footage: 2,950
Structure type: Leasehold conversion
Tryon Equine Facility, Columbus, North Carolina
Owner(s): Anne Baskett, DVM, Bill Hay, DVM; Rich Metcalf, DVM
Number of doctors: 8
Exam rooms: 5
Total cost: $3,146,383
Building cost: $2,336,751 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)
Square footage: 16,413
Structure type: New freestanding
