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GBMC HealthCare is a private, not-for-profit corporation that operates Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC), a hospital located in the Baltimore suburb of Towson, Maryland. After receiving substantial funding, GBMC was able to embark on two significant facility projects referred to as "The Promise Project." The project included a new three-story addition to the existing GBMC hospital and new cancer center.
GBMC needed a program manager to provide project management services during the pre-design, construction, and post-construction/owner occupancy phases of both projects simultaneously.
After a competitive RFP process, GBMC selected Hammes in 2019 as its program manager for the hospital addition. GBMC stated that Hammes stood out for our local regulatory knowledge and experience on similar projects. When a generous donation from Sandra and Malcolm Berman made the new cancer center a reality, Hammes was also engaged to manage the cancer center simultaneously.
Hammes facilitated the Certificate of Need (CON) process with the State of Maryland and developed the budget for the entire program. Hammes also facilitated the procurement of the architectural and construction management teams (and related consultants) and oversaw the design process.
The Hammes team also facilitated planning, transitioning, logistics, and installation to ensure a seamless activation of the new hospital addition and cancer center. The Louis and Phyllis Friedman Building hospital addition opened in December 2023, and the Sandra R. Berman Pavilion cancer center opened in February 2025.
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Hammes provided program management, operational readiness, and transition planning services — managing the hospital addition (Louis and Phyllis Friedman Building) and the new cancer center (Sandra R. Berman Pavilion) simultaneously, including Certificate of Need facilitation, budget development, and oversight of architectural and construction management procurement.
GBMC HealthCare is located in Towson, Maryland, a Baltimore suburb. GBMC HealthCare is a private, not-for-profit corporation that operates Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
The Promise Project includes a 117,000-square-foot, three-story Hospital Expansion (the Louis and Phyllis Friedman Building) and a separate 70,000-square-foot New Cancer Center (the Sandra R. Berman Pavilion) on the GBMC campus in Towson, Maryland.
The Louis and Phyllis Friedman Building hospital addition opened in December 2023. The Sandra R. Berman Pavilion cancer center opened in February 2025.
There is a difference between facility readiness and patient readiness. To be ready for patients, healthcare organizations must be operationally ready. Hammes Healthcare’s operational readiness service assures organizations are operationally poised to receive and serve patients upon opening a new or renovated healthcare facility. For GBMC, Hammes facilitated planning, transitioning, logistics, and installation to ensure a seamless activation of both the hospital addition and the cancer center.
