BARA News

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

New Parkland Hospital's Half-Time Report from ASHE PDC 2013

Half-way thru the construction of the New Parkland Hospital, read what Parkland's Walter Jones, and BARA's Walt Massey have to say in regards to the progress of the new Parkland Hospital from their presentation at the American Society of Healthcare Engineers Professional Development Conference in San Francisco.
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JUNE 11, 2012

New Parkland Hospital & BARA Featured in ENR: Texas & Louisiana

Read about the new Parkland Hospital's processes put in to place to ensure everyone from the owner to architects and on-site construction stays on time and under budget as a unified team.
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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

New Parkland Hospital & BARA Featured in Construction Today

Read what Walter Jones, Parkland's senior vice president of facilities, has to say about the ongoing construction of the new Parkland Hospital, and his thoughts on the cohesion between the BARA joint venture and other subcontractors on the project.
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OCTOBER 28, 2011

Parkland Project on Track

A year after ground was broken on the new Parkland Memorial Hospital, construction on the massive $1.27 billion project appears to be on scheduled and under budget, officials say.
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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

BARA Celebrates Official Groundbreaking of New Parkland Facility

On Thursday, October 28 – with an audience of more than 500 people that included representatives from Parkland, city and state government, and the design and construction teams – eager hands holding shovels and jovial faces reflecting the excitement of the new beginning for Parkland, broke ground for the new Parkland health care campus.
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OCTOBER 9, 2010

Concrete Poured on Site of East Parking Lot

Demolition of current structures on the Parkland campus continues to make way for the new buildings. The Parkland warehouse, Building A and Occupational Health building have already been demolished.
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OCTOBER 9, 2010

BARA to Host Networking Event for DFW MSDC

BARA will host members of the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of the Minority Supplier Development Council at a networking breakfast on October 15.
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

BARA Hosts Networking Event at Austin Commercial Offices

More than 150 M/WBE contractors mingled at a networking event on September 29 hosted by BARA. M/WBE firms and contractors had the opportunity to meet with representatives from Parkland Hospital, BARA, Community Healthcare Partners, M.C. Dean, Northstar Fire Protection, Whiting-Turner, Burns & McDonnell and JE Dunn.
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APRIL 2009

Parkland Names Design, Construction Teams for New Hospital Campus

Parkland Health & Hospital System has selected the firms charged with design and construction of a new hospital campus.
Read more on Parkland’s news room website