Contractor Reflects on Penn Highlands Healthcare Hospital Building Project with Pride
May 15 2024 - 9:47AM
“Many hours of planning and coordination are part of that campus,”
said Tony Miller. That campus is Penn Highlands State College, the
new state-of-the-art hospital and medical office building that will
open this summer on Colonnade Boulevard in State College. As one of
the superintendents for McClure Company, a mechanical contractor
working on the facility, Tony has been overseeing a crew of 20 men
and women handling the air distribution work for the entire campus
for the past 20 months.
Penn Highlands State College marks the first time that Penn
Highlands Healthcare is building a hospital with an adjacent
medical office building from the ground up to its
specifications.
“We planned and built this hospital with a patient-centric
design to offer our patients and their families innovative and
comfortable care close to home,” explained Rhonda Halstead, MSM,
Regional Market President, Central Region, for Penn Highlands
Healthcare. “When this hospital opens, people will have emergency
care, innovative cancer therapies and a host of other primary and
specialty services in one convenient location.”
The new Penn Highlands State College will include:
- An Emergency
Department with 10 private treatment rooms and a trauma room for
prompt assessment and expert care
- A
state-of-the-art Surgical Department with three high-tech operating
suites and an Endoscopy Procedure Room
- 18 modern and
private inpatient rooms
- A Medical Imaging
Department that utilizes the latest technology for the sharpest
images
The State College Medical Office Building will offer:
- Penn Highlands
Hahne Cancer Center
- Cutting-edge
technology with a personalized approach
- Nationally
respected oncologists
-
Multidisciplinary care including advanced medical oncology/infusion
services
-
State-of-the-art radiation services
- Technologically
advanced linear accelerator for precision accuracy
- Skilled and
compassionate family medicine and specialty care physicians
- Gynecological
services for every stage of a woman’s life
- Women’s Medical
Imaging staffed by professionals who understand a woman’s special
needs
- Pulmonology
services including advanced screenings, diagnostics and
treatments
- Cardiology
services
- Walk-in
Laboratory services
- QCare Walk-in
Clinic for expert care for all ages
- A Retail Pharmacy
with convenient drive-thru service
Working on the project for nearly two years, Mr. Miller
witnessed firsthand the technological advancements and convenience
the new hospital will offer.
“It truly is a state-of-the-art building,” he said with pride.
“Although it is a community hospital, Penn Highlands State College
has all of the services of a larger hospital in a compact,
easy-to-navigate facility.”
As the project nears completion, Mr. Miller reflected on the
actual building process. “We take pride in what we build. Everyone
who worked on this project gave 110%,” he said. “Like every
construction project, there were the normal challenges to contend
with along the way such as wintery weather — snow, sleet and rain.
Also, daily logistics such as where to store deliveries until they
were needed sometimes presented a challenge.”
However, Mr. Miller was quick to point out the cooperation shown
among the trades. “The project ran very smoothly and efficiently
largely due to the great leadership onsite helping to schedule
deliveries and coordinate installations,” he explained.
Mr. Miller is looking forward to the opening of Penn Highlands
State College. “It is refreshing to know that I was part of
providing indoor comfort for all of the patients, doctors and
nurses who will occupy the hospital for years to come.
In addition, I live in Clearfield County, 30 minutes west of the
hospital, and my family uses Penn Highlands’ medical offices in
Philipsburg,” said the married father of two. “As a dad, it is
exciting to know that we have another medical facility within arms’
reach if I or my family should need medical care. When I drive by
the campus, I say, ‘that is my hospital.’”
- McClure Company Superintendent
Corinne G. Laboon
Penn Highlands Healthcare
724-258-1339
claboon@monvalleyhospital.com