This joint venture between Warfel Construction and LF Driscoll has expanded healthcare services in Sussex County, Delaware, with the newly completed PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital Sussex Campus. This two-story facility supports patients recovering from acute illnesses and injuries, providing comprehensive care to help prevent hospital readmission. The hospital’s state-of-the-art design merges advanced technology with compassionate, patient-centered care.
During preconstruction, our teams helped the client and design team mitigate delays, secure approvals, and coordinate utility installations. We leveraged our healthcare expertise throughout construction to address key project elements, ensuring budget and schedule alignment.
On October 3, 2024, we joined PAM Health to celebrate the grand opening, marking our shared commitment to improving community access to quality care.
This facility provides a full spectrum of behavioral health services. With 144 beds, the hospital operates within 12 wings. The hospital includes inpatient adolescent, adult, and geriatric psychiatric care; partial hospitalization; intensive outpatient program services; outpatient counseling; physician professional services and consultation; and chemical dependency treatment.
Designed to service a wide variety of conditions, the patient units consist of noisy and quiet activity rooms, group therapy suites, and exam and consult spaces. Additional patient resources include a dining hall, gymnasium, larger group therapy spaces, a full kitchen, and administrative areas. Outdoor activity yards are located on each patient wing.
This quick renovation project refreshed the interior spaces of the occupied mental health facility. Throughout preconstruction, Warfel demonstrated our capabilities in both technology and estimating. Our Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) team scanned the existing structure, aiding the design team in fast-tracking the design process. Our team also assisted the client in making real-time cost and schedule decisions to stay within budget while developing early procurement packages to create a seamless project delivery.
The project involved the comprehensive demolition of approximately half of the existing emergency department and two other hospital interior spaces to make room for a multi-phased renovation. A new isolated “Behavioral Health Pod” was added, consisting of five patient rooms, a nurse’s station, and a lounge-style waiting area. It also included a new security office, entry vestibule, waiting room, triage, fast-track treatment rooms, staff work rooms, and a dedicated IT/data equipment room.