Tagged: Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital
Construction on the Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital is at 95% complete as crews have already turned over floors 11, 12 and 14 to the fit-up team, in addition to floors one through ten. Floors 15 and 16 are currently being turned over followed by 17 and 18. Once floors are turned over to the fit-up team, they’re cleaned and then equipment and furniture are installed.
Cabling is being installed to the operating rooms (OR) for surgical video integration which will allow medical professionals to utilize audio and video technology during procedures.
NBC4 recently got an inside look at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital.
Wexner Medical Center Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Andrew Thomas said his team uncovered several specific needs, including more natural light throughout the building and in the patient rooms, and the need for modernized space to accomodate modern technology. The new parking garage, also a major priority in the project, was finished before tower construction began in 2020.
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.
Work on The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center inpatient tower is nearing 90% complete as crews have turned over the first floor to fit-up, and are now installing furniture, medical equipment, technology, signage and art.
As crews prepare for lower-level turnover to Fit-up in mid-October, construction on The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital is 85% complete. Once final inspections are complete on the lower level, ground, and Level 1, the Fit-up crews will install furniture, medical equipment, technology, signage and art.
As more than 800 crew members make their way onto the construction site each morning, the Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital construction is nearly 80% complete. Currently, crews are working to connect the ground, first and second floors from The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James) to the new inpatient tower.
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As highlighted by The Columbus Dispatch, the Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital is one of four buildings being built in Columbus that are at least 24 stories high. The four are the first new buildings in Columbus that are at least 24 stories high since 2001.
As another outpatient care center gets approved for construction and new academic and research projects break ground, we kick off season 3 of the City of Ohio State Podcast with Kristin Poldemann, the associate vice president of Facilities Design and Construction to talk about current projects across campus.
Construction on the Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital is more than 75% complete as crews are preparing for first building turnover in October ahead of an eventual 2026 opening.
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.
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The Columbus Dispatch recently toured the Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital construction site. The $1.9 billion hospital is 75% through its construction phase, project manager Ragan Fallang told the outlet. It is expected to open in the spring of 2026.
The outlet cites that the new tower is built with enough steel to erect two Eiffel Towers and quoted Dr. Andrew Thomas, chief clinical officer and senior associate vice president for health sciences, as saying that the hospital tower is "a feat of engineering."