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After breaking ground in the summer of 2024, Turner Construction has begun vertical construction on a $900 million hospital expansion in northeastern Pennsylvania.
The contractor is now erecting steel on the 11-story, 600,000-square-foot patient tower at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barreaccording to a March 11 press release.
The structure will increase the hospital’s capacity from 356 to 500 patient beds, expand operating rooms from 12 to 18, expand the emergency department and support Geisinger’s goal of providing private rooms for all patients. When finished, the structure will contain more steel than the Eiffel Tower, according to New York City-based Turner.
The contractor said the project will support up to 3,800 construction jobs and generate approximately $1 billion in local economic impact. Turner expects up to 450 workers on site during peak activity, according to the release.
when the project started in June 2024Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, which serves roughly 1.2 million people in the state, said it has invested about $1.4 billion in Luzerne County and the surrounding area since 2008. The nonprofit system is also conducting $880 million expansion and modernization project at his Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.
Founded in 1915 by philanthropist Abigail Geisinger, the nonprofit organization generates $10 billion in annual revenue at 134 care facilities, including 10 hospital campuses.
Healthcare and hospital construction and renovations have recently provided steady business for contractors. Planning of health facilitiesalong with the growing data center market, showed continued growth in the latest Dodge Construction Network data, even as broader commercial construction plans slowed.
Turner has been in tune with this trend. Earlier this month, the company reported that major healthcare builds had helped fuel its record $29.9 billion in revenue by 2025. In February, Turner began construction $500 million Baptist Health Sunrise Hospital in Broward County, Florida.
Other contractors have also capitalized on the sector’s activity. The American arm of Sweden-based contractor Skanska, for example, recently celebrated surpassing a $435 million hospital project in Fort Myers, Florida.
Turner expects the Geisinger Wyoming Valley facility to open in the first quarter of 2028.
