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News: Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital

  • Slideshow: Inpatient Hospital

    July 7, 2021
    The basement walls of the Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital are being waterproofed, and the north and south elevator and stair towers now exceed 110 feet. The center elevator and stair tower, just getting started, will be the tallest of the three towers, eventually reaching 410 feet. Sewer and electrical connections are being made under 12th Avenue at Cannon Drive and will support critical...
    View of the middle elevator and stair tower progress of the Inpatient Hospital.

  • Inpatient Hospital Waste Diversion Efforts

    May 25, 2021
    In early 2021, Ohio State pulled off a magic trick making a pair of parking garages disappear. The North and South Cannon Garages were demolished as a precursor to the new Inpatient Hospital construction project, but where the materials went tells the whole story.“We are proud to say that 98% of waste materials from the demolished site were recycled,” said Mark Banta. “This included 85,986,000 po...
    Cannon Garage Demo Pictures

  • In the News: Poldemann Joins Columbus Power 100 List

    May 10, 2021
    Kristin Poldemann has been named one of the most influential leaders in Columbus as part of the Columbus Business First Power 100 list. Poldemann serves as senior director of projects for Ohio State's Facilities Design and Construction. In her role, she leads a $3.5 billion portfolio of “Time and Change” projects to build the campus of the future, catalyzing the achievement of Ohio State’s strate...
    Poldemann Power 100 List

  • Slideshow: Inpatient Hospital

    April 29, 2021
    Work on the Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital is progressing with deep foundations being installed along the east edge of the site and basement concrete walls under construction. Excavation for the underground tunnel that will extend from the Inpatient Hospital to 12th Avenue is wrapping up in preparation for concrete pours that will form the tunnel. The Inpatient Hospital is scheduled to ...
    Inpatient Hospital north core elevator formwork

  • Slideshow: Inpatient Hospital, Cannon Garage Demolition

    March 5, 2021
    Demolition of the above ground portion of the North and South Cannon Garages was completed in early March 2021. The new Inpatient Hospital foundation work continues upward, with the first structural deck concrete pour occurring March 4. Construction on the 1.9 million-square-feet hospital began in fall 2020 and is the largest single facilities project ever undertaken at Ohio State. The removal of...
    Elevator pits are formed and structural columns are constructed.

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