Hospital construction milestone hit

Posted 7/3/18

HONESDALE, PA — Hard hats on and industrial pens in hand, members of the Wayne Memorial Hospital/Health System Board of Trustees signed the ceremonial “last” steel beam to be …

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Hospital construction milestone hit

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Seen at the ceremony celebrating the hoisting of the last steel beam into the framework of the new patient tower at Wayne Memorial Hospital (WMH) in the front row are WMH/Wayne Memorial Health Systems (WMHS) personnel Jim Labar, chair long-term care, left; John Conte, director facility services/real estate; Dirk Mumford, chair; Hugh Rechner, first vice chair; Lee Oakes, former chair; Joann Hudak, second vice chair; CEO David Hoff; William Dewar III, MD, chief of staff; Matt Meagher, Esq.; Jim Pettinato, RN, director patient care services; Mike Clifford, CFO. In the back row are James Margotta, Burkavage Design; Ron White, Martin Rogers Associates; Josh Schneider, Burkavage Design; Todd Plociniak, Sordoni Construction; Chris Bertinelli, Sordoni; Joe Sesso, Sordoni; and Martha Wilson, chair of the Community Advisory Board.

Posted Tuesday, July 3, 2018 4:33 pm

HONESDALE, PA — Hard hats on and industrial pens in hand, members of the Wayne Memorial Hospital/Health System Board of Trustees signed the ceremonial “last” steel beam to be hoisted into the framework of the new patient tower. The gesture signified the halfway mark for the project which began in September of 2017 and is expected to finish mid-Spring 2019. The 85,000-square-foot tower is the hospital’s biggest expansion in history and will house 50 private patient rooms.

More than 200 employees also signed the beam, which will be embedded in the far west end of the tower for posterity. Many wrote short messages such as “Wayne Memorial always stay strong” and “Here’s to the future.” Several said signing the beam “makes me feel like I am part of the project.”