A new building is rising above the Oklahoma City horizon.

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OU Medical Center is constructing a state-of-the-art medical tower to meet increasing demand for the highest level of care.

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The sparkling façade will reflect OU Medicine's commitment to leading health care. Inside, there will be ample space for 144 additional inpatients and their families, cutting-edge medical technology and new amenities and other resources to ensure a satisfying patient experience. The new bed tower will be completed in 2020. Here some fast facts:

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456,000-square feet of additional space

152-feet tall

Eight floors and room to grow

144 added beds

32 new operating rooms

Intensive care unit

Medical/surgical floor

Stepdown unit

Large patient rooms with extra space for the family

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The project is broken into 3 phases, first being the enabling phase, second being the construction of the new OU Medical Center patient tower, and last being the renovation of the existing adult patient bed tower, which is scheduled to completed one year after the construction of the new patient tower.

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The enabling phase is a small renovation, and all work is related to maintaining service to the gamma knife procedure room and the existing PET/CT procedure room during construction of the new OU Medical Center patient tower. This renovation consists of 8,834 square-feet in demolition and 3,384 square-feet in renovation to prepare for the construction of the new OU Medical Center patient tower. This work started in July 2017 and is scheduled to be completed March 2018. The sequencing of this work was strategic on minimizing impacts to the existing operations.

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In the new tower build-out, the foundation work will consist of reconfiguring the existing emergency department parking lot to allow for the construction of the new OU Medical Center patient tower, new foundation expansion work and earth retention, concluding in 69,582 square feet of new foundation. The additional core and shell work will consist of a highrise height of a 147-foot tall concrete building and an overall 401,900 square feet of interior build-out. Following the construction of the OU Medical Center patient tower, the interior renovation of the existing patient bed tower will begin, which will consist of 96,900 square feet of major renovation. The construction of the new patient tower will open in early 2020.