Waco Family Medicine Central Campus Redevelopment

Beck's award-winning construction team collaborated with HKS and Intrepid Development Group to build a facility that meets the unique needs of the ever-growing Waco Family Medicine Foundation. WFM provides health care to underserved residents of McLennan and Bell counties who have historically struggled in the health care system. Serving more than 60,000 unique patients and a quarter million patient visits annually, WFM offers medical, dental and behavioral health care, along with addressing social and environmental barriers to wellness through innovative programs and community partnerships. In addition to providing care for the community, WFM has an extensive residency program that draws applicants from all over the country every year.

WFM chose to collaborate with Beck, HKS and Intrepid to create a new facility that would allow them to continue their mission, relocate out of their current 1980’s facility and provide the space needed for future growth. Beck collaborated with the Owner and HKS throughout design using target value delivery to mitigate rampant cost escalation and deliver the project on time. Elements that supported this effort included phased design packages to release long lead materials or items with cost volatility early, early onboarding of strategic subs to assist with final design refinement or begin early construction activities while design was finalized and exploring all aspects of design to find value saving solutions that did not sacrifice end user function.

The new WFM facility is 143,000 SF four-story medical office building which includes multiple clinics with 86 exam rooms, 9 procedure rooms, 12 dental exam areas, pharmacy, lab, radiology, fitness/rehabilitation gym, counseling suites, multiple conference areas for training, administrative offices and building support areas. The project took a phased construction approach in order to maintain operations in the current facility, but allow a portion of the existing admin suites and auditorium to be demolished to allow for the new building footprint.