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  • In the News: Hard Hat Tour

    May 15, 2023
    Columbus Underground recently featured the Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital project as part of its Hard Hat Tour series. According to the outlet, the project will be the 10th-tallest building in Columbus and the tallest outside of downtown. The publicaton cited that university officials say the project will use two times more concrete than Ohio Stadium and twice as much steel as the Eiffel...
    A view of the outside of the building where crews can be seen working on the exterior on a crane.

  • Solar panels installed at the Energy Advancement and Innovation Center

    May 11, 2023
    Crews worked to install solar panels on the canopy above the roof of the Energy Advancement and Innovation Center located at Carmenton, the university’s innovation district. Four panels at a time were ganged together with two C-channels at ground level, then lifted by the crane to attach them to the structure. The steel attachments are predrilled to a 7-degree slope. The panels are installed...
    A wide view of the crane and building as a crane carries a solar panel.

  • Slideshow: Arts District

    April 24, 2023
    Crews are in the home stretch of construction on the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts building, the final step on completing the Arts District. Work is about 95% complete and is on track to open for programming by this Fall as tenants have already started moving in. Crews are finalizing theatrical finishes and completing punch lists. The $163.5 million Arts District aims to open Ohio...
    Green Screen Arts District

  • Olentangy Trail Reroute Around Ohio Stadium

    April 18, 2023
    From May 15 through late November 2023, the Olentangy Trail will be closed between Woody Hayes Drive and John Herrick Drive. Trail users will be rerouted along a marked detour east of Ohio Stadium, south through Buckeye Grove before crossing Herrick Drive, to Cannon Drive and 12th Avenue, prior to returning to the trail. Signage will be posted to notify users of the detour. All are encouraged to...
    trail reroute to the east of Ohio Stadium

  • Slideshow: Inpatient Hospital

    April 14, 2023
    Construction on The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital is just over 50% complete. Nearly 1,000 workers are at the site daily as they construct the 1.9 million-square-foot hospital. The building features up to 820 beds in private-room settings to elevate patient-centered care, safety and training for the next generation of health care providers. Construction progress...
    Helicopter pad photo

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