Strong Memorial Hospital’s $650M expansion reaches new heights

Andrea Deckert//September 10, 2024//

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A free-standing crane was recently erected at the site of the Strong expansion project, which will lift nearly every component of a new patient tower into place. (Photo provided by URMC)

A 246-foot, free-standing static tower crane was recently erected at the University of Rochester Medical Center campus as part of the $650 million expansion and modernization project at Strong Memorial Hospital.

The tower crane – which stands about 21 stories tall – will remain at URMC for 16 months and will lift nearly every component of the new patient tower into place. Its foundation will become a permanent part of the completed building.

The Strong Expansion Project is a multi-year, 650,000-square-foot expansion of Strong Memorial Hospital that will nearly triple the size of the emergency department while adding more than 100 private inpatient rooms in the new nine-story tower.

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The project will add more than 160 examination/treatment and patient observation stations in phases to the ED and the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program.

As a result, the combined ED and CPEP footprint will quadruple, from 32,000 square feet to 130,000 square feet. The project also will add 40,000 square feet for new observation units.

Construction is scheduled for completion in 2028.

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