Parking Lots Are Partially Paved

The concrete work is done and the asphalt is being laid for Story County Medical Center's new parking lots and driveways. A HUGE improvement from the North Campus residential location, Story Medical's South Campus will have plenty of parking for patients, visitors, employees and guests!

The main entrance for the Medical Center will be off South 19th Street on the west side of the building. The emergency entrance will be off G. Avenue on the north side of the building.

Signage Goes Up!

The signs are up! It's official - the building on the corner of S. 19th and G Ave. in Nevada is Story County Medical Center's new facility. Story Medical choose the clocktower design specifically to use the tower as a LARGE sign for the medical center. After 8 hours of installation all four signs in the clocktower were installed. Monument signs at the entrances and the Emergency sign over the ER should be installed soon!

Mock Patient Room Almost Complete

The patient mock up room is almost complete. This room will be used to help administration and nursing staff decide if the planned patient room layout will actually be the best for our patients. Once the mock up room is finished and approved, the other rooms will be completed.

As you can see the vinyl wood-look flooring and tile in the bathroom are in. The first coats of paint are up and the equipment needed for the bed-docking station is installed. Story Medical is working with a window covering company to make custom blinds that open from the top for the HUGE patients windows. This will allow sunshine into the rooms without taking privacy from the patient.

Generator Delivery

At 9:30 a.m. today a semi truck carrying the generator for Story County Medical Center’s replacement facility arrived at the construction site. The generator marks another milestone for the construction of Story Medical’s replacement facility, scheduled to open August 3rd of this year.

“The generator for this building has the capability to run every single socket and piece of equipment, should a local power outage occur,” said Tim Hurley of JE Dunn Construction. “The medical center chose this generator over smaller models for that reason.”

A crane lifted the generator, held up by thick bands that balanced it while in the air. The crane slowly lowered the generator while workers centered it on the concrete slab.

Down the road....

A lot has been going on in April! Painting has begun in the acute patient rooms, flooring is going down in the Emergency Department, and sidewalks are being poured behind the southwest corner of the building. On April 15th (today!), the generator will be put in place by a crane at 9:30. Look for pictures of that event to come! For now, see what has been going on at the very busy construction site.

Workers pour the cement for the sidewalks on the southwest side of the building. These sidewalks will lead from the employee parking lot to the building.

Accent walls in the acute patient rooms are a calming green or blue to complement the neutral cream color of the rest of the walls.

The flooring tiles are laid in the Emergency Department. Rails on the walls have also been installed. The flooring is an ivory tile with blue accents (as seen in the upper right hand corner of the picture below) and darker cream on the right side.

This beautiful skylight over the nurse’s station in Acute will give lots of light and warmth to all who walk below!

In like a lion!

March came roaring in like a lion at the construction site, in a good way! Painters began working in the administrative wing, and the glass for the front lobby wall was delivered and put into place. This is great news for the front of the building- the front doors can finally be installed. Here are some pictures taken on a visit on March 3rd, exactly FIVE months from the grand opening!


Glass is installed in the front wall of the lobby, allowing a great view for visitors and patients during registration, visiting the gift shop, or enjoying a cup of coffee in the cafe.




A glass door waits patiently to the side until it can be installed in the lobby.




The cafeteria gets drywalled. This view looks into the kitchen, which will soon be separated from the cafeteria by sheetrock walls.



What does it take to control electricity in a hospital? A big electrical room! This is a view of just half of the electrical room.

2.20.09: Bits and Pieces

A lot is going on out at the construction site! A majority of the hospital has been drywalled, and some parts are even getting primed for paint. Construction is right on schedule (maybe even ahead of schedule!) and the crew is working away.


A painter smooths the sheetrock and prepares an interior wall to be painted.


A look at the new cafeteria. You can see the window with doors out to the patio!




If you didn't believe me that the last picture was the cafeteria, here is your proof- two microwaves set up for the crew.




This is a view of what will be the kitchen.

This is the paramedics suite. Straight ahead is their shower and changing area. The doors on either side lead to their sleeping quarters.

A close up view of the paramedics shower.