CommonSpirit Health National Cath Lab Renovation Initiative

CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country, partnered with Hoefer Welker on an ongoing multi-state initiative to replace and coordinate upgrades for more than 200 cath labs across 69 facilities. As equipment across the system approached end-of-life, CommonSpirit needed a long-term approach that could modernize cath lab environments while maintaining ongoing operations across active hospital campuses. 

By bringing architecture, MEP engineering, medical equipment planning, technology consulting, and interior design together under one team, the firm supports the initiative through facility condition assessments, renovation planning, and phased implementation coordination. Each project begins with an assessment of existing room conditions, infrastructure readiness, equipment delivery paths, and renovation requirements needed to support new cath lab systems and imaging equipment.

The scope of work varies by facility, ranging from equipment replacement and room refreshes to larger renovations involving structural modifications and significant MEP upgrades. Because the work occurs within occupied hospitals, upgrades are carefully phased to minimize disruption and avoid taking multiple cath labs offline simultaneously.

The phased rollout is helping CommonSpirit create a more consistent cath lab environment across its network while improving coordination for future replacement and renovation efforts across multiple campuses and states.