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Regents authorize $69 million enabling work for UNMC’s Project Health and approve integrated delivery agreement
Summary
The Board of Regents authorized intermediate design enabling work funding of $69 million and approved an integrated project delivery agreement for the UNMC Project Health program statement; the project remains within the larger $2.191 billion program budget. One regent abstained on the vote.
The Board of Regents authorized intermediate design enabling work totaling $69 million for Project Health and approved an integrated project delivery (IPD) agreement for the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s large health-education and clinical research project (agenda items 12.b.7 and 12.b.8) on April 11.
Board materials stated the enabling work includes demolition, utility relocation, stormwater and drainage installations, site excavation and preconstruction activities required before erection of major building components. The IPD agreement formalizes the contract relationships among the owner, architect and contractor and supersedes a prior tri-party interim agreement. Board materials and presenters said Project Health remains within the program statement budget allocation of $2,191,000,000 and is on schedule.
Chancellors and campus leaders described Project Health as the state’s largest public–private partnership in higher education and medicine and said it will expand clinical research capacity, health professions education and patient-care access, including for rural Nebraskans. Chancellor and committee speakers emphasized that the project would increase clinical trial capacity and training spaces for students across the university system.
During the roll-call vote, most regents voted yes and Regent Schaeffer recorded an abstention; the motion passed. Supporters said the project will improve education and clinical research opportunities statewide and help rural hospitals by increasing workforce capacity and clinical trial access. Regents noted the project’s reliance on philanthropic and other nonstate funding sources and that the project had undergone committee review.
The board’s action authorizes the next phases of site and preconstruction work; further board approvals will be required for subsequent construction phases. Project leadership committed to continued reporting to the board and to business-and-finance committee oversight as the project progresses.
