Project Timeline

Key Events in 2010
  • March 20 - Employee Sneak Peek

  • March 23 - Community Preview

  • April 8 - Mock Patient Move

  • May 25 and June 8 - Day in the Life exercises

  • June 6 - Public Open House

  • June 22 - New Hospital opens

  • October 18 - LEED Gold Certified

Key Events in 2009
  • April - Arbor Day celebration

  • June - Groundbreaking for Hahn Cancer Center

  • July - Bovis Lend Lease marks 2.25 million safe hours on site

  • July - New RMH corporate identity introduced

  • December - Substantial construction completion

Key Events in 2008
  • April - "Topping out" beam is placed

  • December - Bovis Lend Lease celebrates 1 million safe hours on site

Key Events in 2007
  • February - RMH unveils interior and exterior renderings of the new hospital.

  • Late Feb./early March - Site grading completed (for Phase I)

  • March - Deep foundation work

  • July - Shallow foundation/deep foundation work - begins at the end of deep foundation work

  • Late fall/early winter - Structural steel begins

Key Events in 2006
  • June - RMH holds groundbreaking for new hospital with more than 500 in attendance.

  • September - Site grading begins.

  • December - State Certificate of Public Need for new hospital is signed by state Commisioner of Health.

Key Events in 2005
  • August - RMH receives recommendation for rezoning of property from County Planning Commission.

  • October - RMH receives approval for rezoning of property from County Board of Supervisors.

  • December - Harman land purchase is finalized.

  • December - JMU purchase of RMH property completed (RMH has leaseback agreement).

Key Events in 2004
  • September - RMH announces plans to build a new hospital and health campus to serve the community for the next 100 years.

  • December - RMH announces purchase of Harman farm as the site for the new hospital and health campus.

  • December - JMU announces intent to purchase current 15-acre hospital campus adjacent to JMU.