McCownGordon Nabs UMKC Health Sciences Project

McCownGordon Construction has earned the construction-management contract for UMKC’s $120 million Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building, a key fixture in the university’s planned transformation of its Hospital Hill facilities.

The construction company, which previously completed University Health’s nearby medical office Building II, will oversee work on the 200,000-square-foot innovation center, which will be home to dental teaching clinics and expanded medical instruction facilities.

Clark & Enersen and RDG Planning & Design are collaborating on the design for the building, which has a targeted completion in the spring of 2026.

The innovation building further advances UMKC’s construction agenda in the area near 25th and Troost; the first phase involved a $100 million medical-education building that Chancellor Mauli Agrawal has said could be a key economic driver for the region.

“A united medical and dental building will be a signature facility, as there is only one such institution in the country with this combined learning and clinical environment,” Agrawal said when the initial project was unveiled last year. “The project will spark an expansion of the entire UMKC Health Sciences District that could dramatically expand health care in Kansas City, attract top faculty and researchers and new private investment that could create new jobs and eventually contribute billions to the Kansas City economy.”