The Wexner Medical Center inpatient hospital will use 15,000 tons of steel.
Slideshow: Inpatient Hospital
Looking northwest, work continues on the lower-level concrete walls. The rebar hooks are positioned into a ground level structural deck.
Pumper trucks are used to deliver concrete from cement mixers to the site. There are two permanent concrete pumps on site that will pump concrete up the north and south stair and elevator towers to the floors. Mobile concrete pumps are used for everything else.
The Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital reaches a new project milestone as steel arrives and is installed. The first main frame steel arrived on Aug. 30 and was erected on Aug. 31.
Steel deliveries for the main “superstructure” of the inpatient hospital will continue through November 2022 and will rise 410 feet above the ground.
The Wexner Medical Center inpatient hospital will use 15,000 tons of steel.
A close-up of the first of many steel I-beams arriving on-site.
The conduit in this photo will serve to connect the main electrical power supply between the substation and the inpatient hospital.
The baseplate of one of the superstructure columns begins from the concrete structure on level one and will rise to Level 26, just north of the northern elevator core. A regular size water bottle is placed next to the baseplate for reference on thickness. Not including the baseplate, this steel column weighs 605 pounds per linear foot.
The Wexner Medical Center inpatient hospital celebrates a new project milestone as deliveries of steel for the main “superstructure” begin to arrive and aim for the sky. The facility will use 15,000 tons of steel and rise 410 feet above the ground. The 1.9 million-square-foot hospital began construction in fall 2020.
Additional construction progress highlights include:
- Utility work completed this summer has allowed for water service connections to the site.
- Chilled water piping progresses through the underground tunnel that will extend from the inpatient hospital to 12th Avenue.
- Interior framing and metal deck work continues on multiple stair towers throughout the site and concrete pours are ongoing.
- Steel erection began Aug. 30 with the first structural steel going up in the northwest corner of the site.
The inpatient hospital is the largest single facilities project ever undertaken at Ohio State and is expected to open in early 2026.