FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2025
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Sage Memorial Hospital has been named the winner of the 2025 Best Projects Award in the Health Care category by Engineering News-Record (ENR) Southwest. This recognition highlights the hospital’s new facility as an exemplary project in design, construction, and community impact, selected by a panel of industry experts from across the southwest, which includes Arizona and New Mexico.
The project was featured in the October 27, 2025, issue of ENR Mountain States & Southwest and celebrated at the Best Projects Awards Luncheon on November 13, 2025, at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. This win also makes Sage Memorial Hospital automatically eligible for ENR’s national Best of the Best Awards, to be announced in spring 2026 in New York City.
The award-winning project includes a new 140,296 sq. ft. hospital. The main hospital (95,614 sq. ft.) opened Sept. 30, 2025; the medical office building (39,797 sq. ft.) opened Nov. 9, 2025; and a 4,885 sq. ft. (Human Resources building) was added.
The facility features 16 inpatient beds (seven swing beds), two operating rooms with eight pre/post-op bays, three labor and delivery rooms, two postpartum rooms and a four-bed ICU. The 24/7 ER has two trauma bays and eight exam rooms supported by CT, MRI, mammography, DXA, X-ray and ultrasound with echocardiography. It also offers 30 outpatient exam rooms (including telehealth), five specialty clinics, full rehabilitation therapy, nine optometry rooms,12 dental operatories, a complete pharmacy and lab/microbiology services.
To aid staff recruitment in the remote area, the campus added Apartments at Sage, a 27-unit complex with one-, two- and three-bedroom units.
Jarom Prow, Facility Director at Sage Memorial Hospital, shared the following:
“It’s a true honor to accept the ENR Southwest Best Healthcare Project Award on behalf of our entire Sage Memorial Hospital team. This recognition means so much—not just because it celebrates design and construction excellence—but because it represents what happens when talented, dedicated people come together around a shared purpose.
From the very beginning, this project was guided by a purpose greater than bricks and steel. It was built to be a place of healing, hope, and renewal—a space where our relatives can find comfort, care, and connection. Every decision, every design element, and every hour of hard work was done with that intention in mind.
I thank the incredible team who made this vision possible—the architects, Hoefer Welker, the owner’s rep, Brad Oliver, our construction partners at Layton Construction and our outstanding Sage Memorial leadership (From the Board of Directors, the CEO and Executive Team). Each of them brought creativity, discipline, and heart to this project. The collaboration, respect, and commitment that carried us from concept to completion are truly remarkable. (To Layton, thank you for taking on this challenging project, however one person stood out, Luke Haplin Project Manger. I want to personally acknowledge his professionalism and dedication to his projects… He embodies the true meaning of project ownership and accountability).
This project reflects the strength of our collaboration and the spirit of our community. It honors our Diné traditions while looking toward the future. It stands as a reminder that when we build with heart and with purpose, we create more than buildings—we create healing environments that nurture the body, mind, and spirit.
To everyone who contributed to this effort—thank you for believing in this vision. And to ENR, thank you for recognizing the deeper meaning behind this work.
This award belongs to all of us, and to the Diné people- our relatives we serve, whose wellbeing and healing journey inspire everything we do.
ahéheeʼ nitsaago”
