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Danville, Pennsylvania, the Healthcare Geisinger Consortium has broken its project of expansion and modernization in the Geisinger Medical Center of Danville. News of May 13.
Architect based in Philadelphia Ewingcole and the general contractor of Baltimore Whiting-Turner are designing and building the projectAccording to a statement from Ewingcole. The $ 880 million project includes the modernization of the Hospital Campus and the Emergency Service in particular, according to the statement.
The central piece of expansion is the construction of an 11 -story tower near the front of the hospital, which will have a new larger emergency room that will double the square footage of the current space and increase the number of beds from 45 to 60.
In addition, the project will pass the hospital in 100% private rooms for adult surgical medical units, according to the statement. As part of the Tower project, the contractor will also update operational suites and intensive care units.
Next to the medical facilities, the construction team will build a parking garage at various levels next to the new tower. It follows a recently completed road project that created a more efficient traffic pattern in front of the hospital and left the expansion, according to the statement.
In recent years, Geisinger has touched on several contractors for various projects in Pennsylvania that include:
The preparations for the site in front of the hospital are already underway and it is expected that the foundation work will begin this summer, according to the statement. The tower is expected to be complete and open to patients by 2029.
