<p>The group purchasing division of the healthcare alliance <a href="http://www.premierinc.com">Premier, Inc. </a>has renewed a national agreement with <a href="http://www.mccarthy.com">McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.</a> to provide construction management services/general contracting and consulting services to Premier's more than 1,500 acute care hospital members.&nbsp; McCarthy is one of the nation's leading healthcare builders, with offices nationwide.<br /><br />Since 2003, McCarthy has offered Premier members comprehensive construction management and/or general contracting services on renovation, replacement and new facility healthcare projects, as well as a menu of consultant services directly related to healthcare capital improvements.&nbsp; Consulting services include such areas as: selection of the appropriate project delivery method for the owner's needs, assisting the owner in the refinement of internal systems to ensure successful project outcomes and structured utilization of Premier's Supplier agreements.<br /><br />"We are pleased to have McCarthy continue to provide our members a diverse range of construction services," explained Mark Kearschner, director, Construction Services with Premier.&nbsp; "Over the last 6 years McCarthy has demonstrated it could meet our members' needs in offering cost- competitive terms and conditions for their services."<br /><br />"Healthcare has always been a major part of our company's expertise, and through this program, the Premier member hospitals have an opportunity to take advantage of the both GPO benefits and McCarthy's industry leading service," said John Kreidich, manager Healthcare Services with McCarthy. "We are excited to continue to offering services to Premier members for another 3 years."<br /><br />In the last six years, the contract value for all McCarthy projects involving Premier owners exceeds $2 billion, with work completed with more than a dozen hospital systems across America. The Premier healthcare alliance is more than 2,100 U.S. hospitals and 54,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare quality and affordability.</p>