Pennsylvania Medical Center Expansion Breaks Ground

Pennsylvania Medical Center Expansion Breaks Ground

The Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania is undergoing an $880 million expansion.

Architect EwingCole and general contractor Whiting-Turner are heading up the project, which will modernize the hospital campus and emergency department. In a press release, EwingCole said this is the most significant expansion in the medical center’s nearly 110-year history.

The project will see the construction of an 11-story tower and associated parking deck, as well as renovations to the existing building’s main entrance and drop-off sequence, the doubling of the emergency department’s current square footage and a new, state-of-the-art operating suite. The tower will house 192 patient rooms, which will transition the campus to 100% private rooms on the hospital’s adult medical-surgical units.

Construction began with a groundbreaking ceremony in May. The tower is expected to be open to patients by 2029.

Digital rendering of the Geisinger Medical Center expansion project.

Architect EwingCole and general contractor Whiting-Turner are designing and building the $880 million expansion of Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania.

“Our community has depended on Geisinger for world-class health care for more than a century,” Terry Gilliland, M.D., president and CEO of Geisinger said in a press release issued by the healthcare consortium. “We’re continuing that legacy today as we announce the largest expansion project in the nearly 110-year history of Geisinger Medical Center. This project will truly transform care. It’s proof of our commitment to making better health easier for our communities today and into the future.”

The expansion project is part of a larger regional investment initiative Geisinger is currently undertaking. Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Danville, a 96-bed inpatient facility in Mahoning Township, is expected to open this summer, and an expansion similar to the Medical Center project is currently underway at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center near Wilkes-Barre.

“This project will completely reimagine the Geisinger Medical Center campus to strengthen collaboration among our staff and units for better patient care,” said Megan Brosious, chief administrative officer for Geisinger’s central region. “Our patients will have a modern care environment where they can continue receiving expert care right here in Danville, as they’ve come to expect from us over the past century. And our teams will have the space they need to provide that care.”

Trends Shaping the Healthcare Industry

Healthcare is one of a handful of industries currently driving growth in construction planning, according to recent reporting by Construction Dive.

Healthcare-related construction planning joined warehouse activity and data centers as the only sectors accelerating in June, while all others stalled under the current economic uncertainties, according to data from the Dodge Construction Network’s Dodge Momentum Index, which tracks nonresidential projects entering the planning stage.

Nick Kaminski, Vice President of Healthcare Construction for Minneapolis-based construction firm, Ryan Cos., told Construction Dive that healthcare systems are continuing to develop and implement strategic growth plans despite the current economic uncertainties that have led other sectors to pause construction planning efforts. Oncology, cardiovascular, and orthopedic care are areas of focus within many of these growth plans, Kaminski said.

“…As part of this effort, many are prioritizing specialty assets like ambulatory surgery centers and freestanding emergency departments as key elements of their broader ambulatory expansion strategies,” he added. “These facility types are attracting targeted investments in both new construction and campus expansions nationwide…”

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