Monday, February 21, 2011

New ICU's framework takes shape


The foundation for the new ICU at Cox South is now mostly complete and crews used last week’s nice weather to work on the building’s steel frame. Despite the snowstorm earlier this month, the project is still on schedule and scheduled to open as planned in October.

Media Technology’s Russ Weller captured these images of the construction on Friday. You can see the partial story at the top that will be glassed-in to allow for natural lighting similar to what we have in the Emergency Department. The space immediately under the clear story will be the new ICU and beneath it is space for the Materials Management department. The framework will continue to extend toward the north and join up with the existing ICU.

You can follow the ICU construction on coxhealth.com by clicking the yellow hard-hat icon labeled “construction updates” on the main page. Not only will you read about construction activity, but you can watch the construction through a live web camera.