GAI Consultants helped deliver the Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute, a state-of-the-art medical facility in Downtown Orlando, Florida. Located at the corner of Lucerne Terrace and Columbia Street, the combined inpatient and outpatient facility is dedicated solely to the care of orthopedic patients. The project has earned a Southeast Regional Best Projects award from Engineering News Record (ENR), an Excellence in Construction award from Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Central Florida, and a Golden Brick Award from the Downtown Orlando Partnership.

Spanning 375,000 square feet, the project was completed in two phases with the first phase encompassing the delivery of a six-story medical office pavilion equipped with 12 operating rooms, imaging services,a 62-exam room clinic with a physical therapy space, and a cafe. Phase two included a seven-story facility featuring the state’s first orthopedic hospital with 10 additional operating rooms, 75 inpatient smart rooms, a 10-station Bioskills lab, and a cafeteria.

GAI provided planning, civil engineering, and landscape architecture for the 2.5-acre site. The civil engineering services included utility services, drainage/conveyance systems, and overhead-to-underground electric conversion. The landscape architecture included site design, streetscape design, and the feature drop-off and plaza space. The site design took its cues largely from the dynamic lines and movement in the architecture, representing a still animation of the body in motion. The plaza feature extended the architectural lines into the landscape in creating opportunities for seating and respite that encompassed a tiered bioretention stormwater management system as a key feature to the entry experience. The Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute brings together the two most respected orthopedic and sports medicine practices in Central Florida, linking the Jewett Orthopedic Clinic with Orlando Health, home to the region’s only Level One Trauma Centers for adults and children.