Hospital Expansion Construction

April construction included interior work on the west side and framing the front canopy.

Crews started installing windows in mid-March.

All the concrete is poured, and exterior curtain wall framing and sheathing are being installed.

Crews continued working on framing and pouring the concrete for the third floor, while also completing the concrete pour for the elevator shaft that goes to the tower's roof.

With concrete poured for the second floor, crews began framing the second-floor walls and framing for the third floor to prepare it for concrete.

Worked moved to the second floor, framing the floor and columns and pouring concrete.

The concrete trucks began rolling into the construction site in September, pouring concrete for the Central Utility Plant, the stair wells and the first floor.

Finished in August 2024:

• Site fill
• Southwest stair tower
• Deep pier foundations

• Drilling rigs arrived to drill through bedrock to place 168 piers that will hold up the foundation.
• Installed large 5-foot stormwater pipes that drain to a detention pond.
• A 150-foot tall crane arrived and will be on-site for 9 months to a year.
• Poured concrete basement walls and started pouring the west stair tower that goes up three floors.

Demolition is complete on the south end of the hospital. Construction progress primarily consists of utility and dirt work in preparation for the expansion's foundation.

Construction officially began on May 6, 2024, with the installation of the construction fencing around the project site. The temporary cafeteria opened in the Community Rooms on May 6.

Demolition began on May 7, when crews started tearing down the "Old HR Building" south of the hospital.

Demolition of the cafeteria on the south end of the hospital began on May 16.

"Make-ready" projects started wrapping up in April for the official start of construction on May 6, 2024. These projects included:

• Temporary kitchen setup, including the temporary loading dock and kitchen ramp.
• Finishing the north parking lot expansion for employee parking.
• Temporarily moving the Hwy. 83 crosswalk to the north.
• Relocating utilities on the west side of the hospital near the helicopter pad.

The mobile kitchen units arrived in late March. Workers are assembling the temporary kitchen using five trailer units. The last day for serving meals in the current cafeteria is Saturday, May 4, 2024. The temporary kitchen is outside the Community Rooms, which will be used as the cafeteria during construction. The cafeteria will be torn down before the expansion construction begins.

Construction continues on the north parking lot expansion and should be completed by the end of April. The new permanent spaces will help offset the loss of spaces on the south side of the hospital during construction.

Construction started Feb. 12, 2024, to expand the parking lot on the north side of the hospital. The lot helps offset parking spaces on the south side of the hospital that will be unavailable during construction.

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A temporary parking lot opened in December 2023 to the south of the Carrie J. Babb Cancer Center. The lot directly across Hwy. 83 from the hospital replaces parking spaces that will be unavailable during construction. After construction is finished, this lot will return to green space.