Horseshoe Lake Animal Hospital Breaking Ground on New Facility
Building will increase space, improve services
COLLINSVILLE, IL – Holland Construction Services, Inc. will set the first shovels to the ground on the new Horseshoe Lake Animal Hospital at the official groundbreaking ceremony at 9 a.m., Friday, Oct. 9. Located at 5230 Horseshoe Lake Road in Collinsville, the new hospital will increase space and enable veterinarians to diagnose and treat area pets in the best environment possible.
The $1 million project will consist of a new 5,621-square-foot manufactured stone veneer, single-story facility, encompassing seven exam rooms, a large, modern surgery suite, a dental exam room, conference and consultation rooms, separate dog and cat wards for hospitalized pets, a large waiting area and pharmacy.
Kathy Hall, project manager for Horseshoe Lake Animal Hospital, said the current building has worked well for more than 30 years, but the smaller, outdated space had become limiting as the practice continued to grow.
“One major goal is to reduce client wait time,” Hall said. “We will be going from four exam rooms to seven, and when we move into the new building, we will have four full-time veterinarians, decreasing wait time and improving service significantly.”
Hall said as the practice has grown, so too has the need for technicians and support employees.
“We have 27 employees, which will probably increase as well, and we wanted to have the space to accommodate employees and clients in the most efficient way possible,” Hall said.
Other goals for the new hospital include speeding up prescription-filling time and eliminating distractions as clients are being assisted, as well as creating a much brighter, lighter space for employees, clients and pets, with the help of solar tubes installed in the ceiling, letting natural light flood in to the center of the building, Hall said.
Designed by EWR Associates, Inc. of Fairview Heights, the new animal hospital will be built just 30 feet south of the existing building where an old house and barn were formerly located.
The new facility will be used for hospital and veterinarian clinic services, while plans are in the making for the existing location, which will be redesigned to accommodate grooming facilities and upscale boarding with brightly painted walls, piped-in music and video cameras that owners can remotely monitor.
Holland Construction Services is a full-service contracting and construction management firm based in Swansea, Ill., guided by the principle of delivering total customer satisfaction. Now in its 23rd year, the company has been providing quality construction throughout Missouri and Illinois since 1986, when it was founded by Bruce Holland.
HCS offers design/build, general contracting and construction management services to commercial, retail, healthcare, senior living, light industrial, recreational/athletic and educational clients. The firm is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council and provides guidance in certification in Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED). In 2006, The St. Louis Business Journal ranked the firm as one of the top 15 contractors in the St. Louis area.
EWR Associates, Inc. was formed in 1984 as a St. Louis Metro-East-based practice in architecture, planning and interiors. With 18 professional, technical and support staff, the firm provides services to clients in Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Kentucky.
Through award-winning, yet practical designs, EWR has developed projects that meet clients’ purposes, are aesthetically pleasing, efficient and functional.
For more information, visit EWR’s web site at www.ewrassociates.com.
For more information on Horseshoe Lake Animal Hospital, visit www.horseshoepets.com.
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