Birmingham construction firm Robins & Morton last month finished a $500 million hospital project several years in the making.

The Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital’s new 12-story Crystal Spring Tower, in Roanoke, Va., opened June 17.

Robins & Morton and Branch Builds partnered in a joint venture as the general contractor. Nashville-based ESa served as the project architect.

Spanning more than 500,000 square feet, the tower houses Carilion’s Cardiovascular Institute, the region’s only Level 1 trauma center, and an expanded emergency department.

“This marks the culmination of years of hard work to ensure that our region has access to the most modern and advanced care for decades to come,” Carillion CEO Steve Arner said.

The tower has flexible spaces, patient rooms that can accommodate various types of care, and procedure areas with expansion capacity.

It has a helipad, new trauma bays, a dedicated pediatric trauma bay, operating rooms, catheterization/electrophysiology labs and more.

“For nearly four years, our team members, in partnership with Branch Builds, have remained dedicated to delivering this state-of-the-art facility to our Roanoke community,” Robins & Morton Vice President Mark Mattox said. “To see their hard work and commitment in building this tower that will bring life-saving care to this region is a rewarding experience for our entire team, and we are grateful to Carilion Clinic for their trust.”