And the Merit Award winners are ...

Here are the details on the six Merit Award winners of the 2015 Veterinary Economics Hospital Design Competition. Keep an eye out for the special June Hospital Design supplement-these hospitals will be featured in more detail then.

Conejo Valley Veterinary Hospital, Thousand Oaks, California

Owner: Dr. Todd Hughes

Doctors: 15

Exam rooms: 12

Cost/sq. ft.: $184

Total cost: $4,595,662

Building cost: $3,130,669 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)

Square footage: 17,000

Structure type: Freestanding conversion building

Country Club Veterinary Clinic, Lake Charles, Louisiana

Owners: Drs. Christine M. Mocklin; Martha P. Briley

Doctors: 2

Exam rooms: 5

Cost/sq. ft.: $120.55

Total cost: $1,239,200

Building cost: $607,000 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)

Square footage: 5,035

Structure type: New freestanding building

Dunwoody Animal Medical Center, Dunwoody, Georgia

Owner: Dr. CL Johnson III

Doctors: 2

Exam rooms: 4

Cost/sq. ft.: $135

Total cost: $938,000

Building cost: $488,000 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)

Square footage: 1,704

Structure type: Leasehold conversion

Long Animal Hospital, Charlotte, North Carolina

Owners: Drs. Richard E. Killough; Richard B. Killough

Doctors: 12

Exam rooms: 10

Cost/sq. ft.: $155.07

Total cost: $8,107,051.07

Building cost: $4,838,798 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)

Square footage: 31,203

Structure type: New freestanding

Hunterdon Hills Animal Hospital, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey

Owner: Dr. Charles Westfield

Doctors: 3

Exam rooms: 6

Cost/sq. ft.: $230.42

Total cost: $4,320,473

Building cost: $2,009,294 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)

Square footage: 9,523

Structure type: New freestanding building

Flint River Animal Hospital and Bed 'n Biscuit, Huntsville, Alabama

Owner: Dr. Kevin M. Lowe

Doctors: 3

Exam rooms: 4

Cost/sq. ft.: $211.49

Total cost: $4,256,782

Building cost: $2,358,067 (building only; excludes land purchase, landscaping, parking lot, etc.)

Square footage: 11,150

Structure type: New freestanding building