In the midst of bleak economic times, the business of hospital construction has been a rare boon to local and regional workers.

Nearly every hospital in the South Bay has a major construction project in progress or set to begin shortly, including a new seven-story inpatient tower at Torrance Memorial Medical Center - described as one of the largest projects ever in Torrance – and new buildings at Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center in Harbor City and County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center near Torrance.