Healthcare construction brings a different level of complexity. Active medical environments, sensitive equipment, vibration requirements, critical infrastructure, and demanding tolerances all raise the stakes for the team building them. Kent Concrete has decades of experience navigating those exact challenges.
Some of the strongest examples come from West Michigan, where Kent has helped build and expand hospitals, surgical centers, and specialized care facilities across one of the region’s most established healthcare markets.
“Projects like these are personal,” says Vice President of Preconstruction Matt Fennema. “Not only do they provide healthcare to our families and loved ones, they’re also increasingly complex. The experience we’ve gained from solving challenges in these environments gives us a stronger foundation for healthcare work in other markets.”
Proven Healthcare Experience
- Blodgett Hospital – Concrete for two new surgical wings, delivered to strict tolerances designed to minimize vibration in sensitive surgical spaces.
- Helen Devos Children’s Hospital – Flatwork for the hospital tower, helping deliver a facility that expanded specialized pediatric care in West Michigan.
- Corewell Health South Parking Ramp – A cast-in-place structure built over an active emergency power generation plant, requiring complex shoring around critical hospital infrastructure.
- Corewell Health East Beltline Campus – Two phases of construction, including an isolated slab system designed to control vibration above an active surgical room.
- South Pavillion – Foundation and flatwork for a new urgent care facility expanding healthcare capacity in the Grand Rapids region.
- Corewell Health Ambulatory Tower – Flatwork and cast-in-place stair and elevator cores supporting the expansion of surgical capacity on an active medical campus.
Experienced Regional Teams
From preconstruction and sequencing to vibration control and working around active facilities, these projects have helped Kent develop a deep understanding of what success healthcare construction requires. Our regional teams share expertise, lessons learned, and technical resources across the company, strengthening the capabilities of our established operations in the Midwest, Southeast, and Texas.
For owners and general contractors, that means a local Kent team backed by decades of concrete experience and a company-wide understanding of healthcare project delivery.
Projects like these have little room for error. Kent brings certainty to the work
