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DENISON, Iowa — The new Crawford County Memorial Hospital building project is on schedule for completion in about 17 months, despite weather-related delays.
According to site manager Bob Long, the construction crew finished installing the final pre-cast concrete wall panels last week.
He anticipated that the structural steel and roof decking would be done by the end of February.
Hospital CEO Mark Rinehardt said the steel was about half done and the roof about one-third complete.
Long said that there are two patient wings in the building, one on the north side and one on the east.
The east wing is enclosed and heated, which allows contractors to pour the concrete subfloor. Long said indoor concrete work on the north wing would begin this week.
Underground plumbing, he said, is in progress.
Long estimated the crew was two weeks behind the original construction schedule primarily due to weather delays. Ongoing snow, cold, and wind hinder builders’ work on the outside of the building.
Rinehardt said the project is planned for completion in June 2011.
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