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  • In the News: Columbus skyline changing with four tallest new buildings in more than 20 years

    Brooke McKivergan | March 14, 2024
    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. The story mentions the inpatient tower’s impressive build at 26 stories and 410 feet high. It includes enough steel to construct two...
    A view of the exterior of the inpatient tower from a drone.

  • Slideshow: Inpatient Hospital

    Brooke McKivergan | February 27, 2024
    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...
    A view of a worker installing flooring.

  • Slideshow: Biomedical and Materials Engineering Complex - Phase 2

    Brooke McKivergan | February 26, 2024
    Construction on the Biomedical and Materials Engineering Complex – Phase 2 is ramping up after beginning in October 2023. Crews are finished with interior abatement and are now focusing on structure and exterior façade demolition. As crews work to demolish interior small spaces like elevator pits, they’re using a Brokk, which is a demolition robot that eliminates all need for manual demo work. As...
    Two workers using the Brokk.

  • In the News: A look inside Ohio State's inpatient hospital tower

    hedman.11@osu.edu | February 22, 2024
    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...
    A view of the exterior of the inpatient tower from a drone.

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