{"id":271876,"date":"2026-08-25T11:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271876\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T11:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:48:09","slug":"geisinger-wyoming-valley-medical-center-bed-tower-wilkes-barre-pennsylvania-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271876\/","title":{"rendered":"Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Bed Tower, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: First Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tGeisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center bed tower, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geisinger.org\/patient-care\/find-a-location\/geisinger-wyoming-valley-medical-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center<\/a> in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is undertaking a major campus expansion with the construction of an 11-story acute care tower.<\/p>\n<p>Slated for completion in 2028, the 491,150-square-foot project utilizes an integrated project delivery (IPD)-lite process to align the project team, which includes architect and interior designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcarchitects.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FCA<\/a> (Philadelphia) and general contractor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnerconstruction.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Turner Construction Company<\/a> (Philadelphia).<\/p>\n<p>The new tower will transition the hospital to all-private patient rooms and grow the emergency department (ED) by 22 treatment areas, including three trauma bays and dedicated space for <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcaredesignmagazine.com\/trends\/whats-new-in-fgis-2026-guidelines-for-behavioral-health-design\/165173\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">behavioral health<\/a> patients. Additionally, the medical center tower will add 24 intensive care unit beds and six hybrid-capable operating rooms.<\/p>\n<p>Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center bed tower project details<\/p>\n<p>Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pa.<br \/>Target tower completion date: 2028<br \/>Owner: Geisinger<br \/>Total building area: 491,150 sq. ft. (new construction), 101,992 sq. ft. (renovation)<br \/>Total project cost: $884 million<br \/>Project cost\/sq. ft.: $1,490<br \/>Architect: FCA<br \/>Interior designer: FCA<br \/>General contractor: Turner Construction Company<br \/>Engineer: TLC Engineering Solutions and Martin Rogers Associates Engineers (MEP), O\u2019Donnell &amp; Naccarato (structural), Verdantas \u2013 Borton Lawson (civil)<br \/>Medical equipment planner: HBS Inc.<br \/>Carpet\/flooring: Shaw, Monda, AVA, Altro, Stonhard, T Yorie Corp.<br \/>Ceiling\/wall systems: Armstrong, ACGI, Arktura<br \/>Doors\/locks\/hardware: Assa Abloy \/ Unified Door &amp; Hardware Group, NanaWall<br \/>Handrails\/wall guards: InPro<br \/>Headwalls\/booms: Amico, Stryker<br \/>Lighting: Vibia, Visa, RBW, Pinnacle, Focal Point, Oracle<br \/>Signage\/wayfinding: Exit Design<br \/>Surfaces\u2014solid\/other: Corian, Formica, Wilsonart, Forms and Surfaces<br \/>Wallcoverings: Level, 3M, Designtex, InPro, ACGI<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: fill;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/interactive-186438570069.png\" alt=\"Healthcare Design NL\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Project details are provided by the design team and are not vetted by Healthcare Design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center bed tower, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-271876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}