WATCH: How Construction Crews Assemble the New Wilson Hospital
Workers are busy putting tons of steel in place for the $132 million addition to Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City.
A 340-foot-tall crane is being used to lift the massive beams to assemble what will become a six-story clinical tower on the north side of the hospital.
On Wednesday morning, several beams were hoisted simultaneously to the top of the rising structure.
The giant crane is expected to remain at the construction site for another three months.
The 183,000-square-foot addition will include a new emergency department and trauma center. There also will be 120 new private rooms, a recovery room and a rooftop helipad.
Sidewalks on the northeast end of Harrison Street and the northwest end of Baldwin Street near the construction site are closed. Pedestrians should use sidewalks on the opposite side of the street.
State regulators approved the expansion project three years ago.
A United Health Services spokesperson said a new two-bed trauma room opened on December 15. A fully-functional post-acute care unit is scheduled to become operational this Saturday.
The new clinical tower is expected to be occupied by June 2024.
VIDEO: Beams are carefully attached so they can be lifted to the rising structure.
VIDEO: Experienced workers make it look like "just another day at the office."
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