Jacobs said the project comes as the pediatric population in North Texas is expected to double by 2050. [Rendering: Children’s Health]

Dallas-based professional services firm Jacobs has been selected as the owner’s program manager for a major pediatric medical campus led by Children’s Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center.

The $5 billion campus broke ground in October 2024. Jacobs Executive Vice President Eva Wood described it as one of the largest and most transformative pediatric hospitals in the country.

“Healthcare infrastructure is essential to community wellbeing. It plays a vital role in supporting regional economic vitality, by attracting population growth and advancing deeper societal progress,” Wood said in a statement. “As Children’s Health and UT Southwestern look to deliver one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the nation, our consulting services will guide the new standard for compassionate care and experience.”

Wood said Jacobs brings deep global experience in healthcare infrastructure, with insights from more than 50 academic research centers and 15 children’s hospital campuses.

Meeting the growing demand for pediatric healthcare

Rendering: Children’s Health

In May, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Health announced a historic nine-figure gift from the Moody Foundation to support the new $5 billion pediatric campus in Dallas, which broke ground in October 2024. 

UTSMC and Children’s said new hospital will help meet the increasing demand for pediatric health care, research, and training. The Moody Foundation’s grant is the largest gift to date for the project.

In recognition of the support by the foundation, the hospital at the new Dallas pediatric campus will be named Moody Children’s Hospital upon completion in 2031.

Jacobs said that with the pediatric population in North Texas expected to double by 2050, the new campus will increase bed capacity by 38 percent, expand emergency department space, and add operating rooms, while offering the largest Level IV (Four) Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Dallas.

Jacobs said it will leverage insights from similar global program management experience — including the delivery of 50 academic research centers and 15 children’s hospital campuses — to provide advisory services across project management, on-site construction, and inspection for the new campus.

The new Dallas pediatric campus will be located in Dallas’ Southwestern Medical District, directly across from UT Southwestern’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital. Rendering: Children’s Health

Across its three new towers, the new campus will include 552 total beds and a new fetal care center to offer one of the region’s most advanced, accessible fetal and maternal services, Jacobs said.

The company said that construction, which will account for 4.5 million square feet of space, began in late 2024, and the campus will feature more than 20 acres of green space, including a park, walking trails, and an open courtyard.

With roughly $12 billion in annual revenue and a team of almost 45,000, Jacobs said it provides end-to-end services in advanced manufacturing, cities and places, energy, environmental, life sciences, transportation, and water.

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  • To recognize the foundation’s “record-breaking” support, the hospital at the new Dallas pediatric campus will be named Moody Children’s Hospital upon completion in 2031.

  • Children’s Health and UT Soutwestern announced that a $100 million gift from The Rees-Jones Foundation will support the construction of the new pediatric campus, just months after the Jean and Mack Pogue family gave its own $100 million gift. This marks the first time in Texas that a not-for-profit construction project has received two individual leadership gifts of $100 million.

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  • Bowers—whose restaurant group operates popular local restaurants including Kenny’s Wood Fired Grill, Kenny’s Burger Joint, Kenny’s Italian Kitchen, and Kenny’s Authentic East Coast Pizza—took off his chef’s hat during the pandemic and began creating art. On Saturday, February 1, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., he’ll be hosting a benefit art show with 100% of the proceeds going to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

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