And the Merit Award winners are ...
Here are the details on the six Merit Award winners of the 2015 Veterinary Economics Hospital Design Competition. Keep an eye out for the special June Hospital Design supplement-these hospitals will be featured in more detail then.
Conejo Valley Veterinary Hospital, Thousand Oaks, California
Owner: Dr. Todd Hughes
Doctors: 15
Exam rooms: 12
Cost/sq. ft.: $184
Total cost: $4,595,662
Building cost: $3,130,669 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)
Square footage: 17,000
Structure type: Freestanding conversion building
Country Club Veterinary Clinic, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Owners: Drs. Christine M. Mocklin; Martha P. Briley
Doctors: 2
Exam rooms: 5
Cost/sq. ft.: $120.55
Total cost: $1,239,200
Building cost: $607,000 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)
Square footage: 5,035
Structure type: New freestanding building
Dunwoody Animal Medical Center, Dunwoody, Georgia
Owner: Dr. CL Johnson III
Doctors: 2
Exam rooms: 4
Cost/sq. ft.: $135
Total cost: $938,000
Building cost: $488,000 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)
Square footage: 1,704
Structure type: Leasehold conversion
Long Animal Hospital, Charlotte, North Carolina
Owners: Drs. Richard E. Killough; Richard B. Killough
Doctors: 12
Exam rooms: 10
Cost/sq. ft.: $155.07
Total cost: $8,107,051.07
Building cost: $4,838,798 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)
Square footage: 31,203
Structure type: New freestanding
Hunterdon Hills Animal Hospital, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Owner: Dr. Charles Westfield
Doctors: 3
Exam rooms: 6
Cost/sq. ft.: $230.42
Total cost: $4,320,473
Building cost: $2,009,294 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)
Square footage: 9,523
Structure type: New freestanding building
Flint River Animal Hospital and Bed 'n Biscuit, Huntsville, Alabama
Owner: Dr. Kevin M. Lowe
Doctors: 3
Exam rooms: 4
Cost/sq. ft.: $211.49
Total cost: $4,256,782
Building cost: $2,358,067 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)
Square footage: 11,150
Structure type: New freestanding building
