Yearly Archives: 2015

Progress continues on the Surgical wing. This image shows the exterior framing including some shear wall sheathing and if you look closely, you can see some of the Fire-X sheetrock that separates the mechanical and electrical rooms from the rest of the addition.   The following image shows the interior framing looking northwest from the future lobby area, which is …

Siblings Julie Highton-Snedeker and Gary Highton don’t mind a bit when they get in the car and travel from Tucson to Wickenburg for meetings.  In fact, they’ve been doing it on a fairly consistent basis since 2003 when they first contracted their services to Wickenburg Community Hospital.  That was the year WCH converted its patients rooms from semi-private to private …

By now, anyone who has been in the area of Wickenburg Community Hospital has seen WE O’Neil signs on the fences around two major construction projects. WE O’Neil  is the general contractor for the hospital’s new surgical/diagnostic center and a second medical office building. WE O’Neil was founded in 1925 in Chicago by William E O’Neil, and has remained a …

Wickenburg Community Hospital is undergoing a major expansion.  Two new buildings totaling more than 21,000 square feet of medical office and surgical/diagnostic space are expected to open next year. The philanthropic hearts of many in Wickenburg made the project possible by raising $7.5 million in a capital campaign.  Subsequently the hospital was able to borrow money from the US Department …

The project is moving along on schedule with very few complications.  The process of clearing, grading, and moving buildings, supplies, and equipment is complete. Employee parking was relocated making use of two church parking lots east of the hospital, as most of the Surgical Center will encompass the former employee parking area.  The significance of the move is to ensure …

Under the direction of CEO and President Jim Tavary, a year-long series of weekly Owner, Architect, Contractor (OAC) meetings began.  The meetings are designed to receive updates, discuss details of the project, and to make project-related decisions as the building process evolves.  The hospital is represented at these meetings by Fred Fleck, Owner’s Representative, along with staff members Jim Tavary, Mike …

Your health is important to us and we encourage our community members to share how Wickenburg Community Hospital and Clinics has impacted your life. Click here to email your testimony to the Community Relations Manager. Please include a signed copy of this adult release if you are an adult, or this minor release if you are submitting for a minor, allowing us to share your testimony. If you …