The Talus Professional Plaza is Meridian’s newest medical facility. More than that, however, it represents a unique business model envisioned by Boise neurologist Dr. Stephen Asher. In 2004, Dr. Asher began assembling a group of physician partners that were drawn from the medical disciplines of neurology, orthopedics, neurosurgery and pain management. While each maintains their own independent practices, they now share in the ownership of a facility that improves the coordination and continuity of care they offer their patients.
The Talus Professional Plaza was designed by the Nampa architectural firm of Houston – Bugatsch and built by Kreizenbeck Constructors. The two firms were selected on the basis of their expertise in medical construction. One of the challenges facing Kreizenback with the Talus project was the fact that the physician partnership and its needs were evolving even as the project began. “We were five months into construction before final drawings and estimates were completed,†Dave Maloney, vice president and general manager of Kreizenbeck Constructors recalls. “This meant that our initial estimates had to be very flexible. Even more important, we needed a highly cohesive team and a high level of trust in figuring out what the final objective would be.â€
You can judge for yourself just how successful Kreizenbeck was in achieving this objective in this brief video presentation on the construction of the Talus Professional Plaza.