Work on The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital has reached 92% complete. Floors one through four and seven through 10 have been turned over to the fit-up team to install furniture, medical equipment, technology, signage and art. More than 80,000 new items, not including IT and furniture, are set to be installed over the coming months.
Patient rooms are starting to come to life as medical booms are being installed in the intensive care unit (ICU) on floor 10. The boom allows medical equipment to stay off the ground and frees up workspace as it can store things like gases and electrical power.
“The neat thing about the boom is that it makes the patient bed easier to move,” said Ragan Fallang, Facilities Design and Construction executive project manager for the inpatient hospital. “Since they store things that would usually be plugged into the wall, medical professionals will be able to actually turn the patient’s bed toward the window instead of being limited to one view during their stay.”
Construction progress includes:
- Fit-up crews completing punch list items like cleanup and equipment installation on floors one through four and seven through 10
- Crews working to complete the trim around the front revolving door
- Preparing for floor 11, 12 and 14 turnover in March
Scheduled to open in early 2026, the 1.9 million-square-foot inpatient tower is the largest single facilities project ever undertaken at Ohio State with up to 820 beds in private-room settings to elevate patient-centered care, safety and training for the next generation of health care providers.