![\"Strong](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5-1200x900-1-150x150.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>New views from the inside out<\/a><\/h4><\/div>The project is now in Phase 1A, which includes detailed, collaborative transition planning\u2014but also significant buildout of the mechanical floor and interior through April 2027. Check out the latest updates after a walk through the heart of the building....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2213_800w-150x150.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>Crews work to enclose the building in time for winter<\/a><\/h4><\/div>Strong staff make their mark on final steel beam for expansion. To illustrate where we are in the project, you might compare a building to a human body: It has a steel skeleton to give it a shape, and concrete on more than half the floors....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>![\"beams](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bridge-uncropped-150x150.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>Strong staff make their mark on final steel beam for expansion<\/a><\/h4><\/div>Strong staff make their mark on final steel beam for expansion. To illustrate where we are in the project, you might compare a building to a human body: It has a steel skeleton to give it a shape, and concrete on more than half the floors....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>![\"generators](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250616-Pic5-generators-being-set-150x150.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>Strong Expansion Project moves into the summer: Here\u2019s what\u2019s new<\/a><\/h4><\/div>After a long winter and rainy spring, crews continue work on the Strong Expansion Project this summer. New steel and concrete are giving shape to the future of a larger, more modern space to treat patients and help our community....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>![\"Inside](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steel-and-decking-1000x800-1-150x150.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>Structural steel taking shape<\/a><\/h4><\/div>It\u2019s hard to miss the visible signs of our expanded Emergency Department and in-patient pavilion. Driving past, you can now see the framework for three floors rising up from the ground. Despite winter conditions, crews are working hard to meet critical project milestones....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>![\"Large](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/crane-assembled-1000x800-1-150x150.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>Arrival of crane marks project milestone<\/a><\/h4><\/div>A major step forward for the Strong Expansion Project arrived on September 6, 2024. A free-standing static tower crane was erected on a prebuilt foundation within the construction site. The tower has a horizontal boom with a 360\u00b0 rotation for moving assembled construction materials onto the new building and its foundation as it is constructed....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>![\"metal](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/strong-expansion-project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/winter_temps-1000x800-1-150x150.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>Amid winter temps, construction crews keep work moving<\/a><\/h4><\/div>Our construction site continues to buzz with activity as crews continue excavation and installation of sheet piles. They have begun pouring concrete for the future building's foundation which will continue in the coming months....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745350786552{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”]<\/p>\nRelated news<\/h2>\n
What\u2019s towering over Strong Memorial Hospital? \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nURMC to lead national heart medication study \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nFind out what makes Strong Memorial Hospital a level 1 trauma center \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nStrong Memorial Hospital\u2019s Emergency Department demolition is surprisingly sustainable \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nUR Medicine Performs Record Number of Heart Transplants in 2023 \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nStrong Expansion Project Reaches Another Approval Milestone \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nGroundbreaking Ceremony Celebrates Strong Memorial Hospital Expansion Project \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>Crews work to enclose the building in time for winter<\/a><\/h4><\/div>Strong staff make their mark on final steel beam for expansion. To illustrate where we are in the project, you might compare a building to a human body: It has a steel skeleton to give it a shape, and concrete on more than half the floors....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Strong staff make their mark on final steel beam for expansion<\/a><\/h4><\/div>Strong staff make their mark on final steel beam for expansion. To illustrate where we are in the project, you might compare a building to a human body: It has a steel skeleton to give it a shape, and concrete on more than half the floors....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Strong Expansion Project moves into the summer: Here\u2019s what\u2019s new<\/a><\/h4><\/div>After a long winter and rainy spring, crews continue work on the Strong Expansion Project this summer. New steel and concrete are giving shape to the future of a larger, more modern space to treat patients and help our community....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Structural steel taking shape<\/a><\/h4><\/div>It\u2019s hard to miss the visible signs of our expanded Emergency Department and in-patient pavilion. Driving past, you can now see the framework for three floors rising up from the ground. Despite winter conditions, crews are working hard to meet critical project milestones....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Arrival of crane marks project milestone<\/a><\/h4><\/div>A major step forward for the Strong Expansion Project arrived on September 6, 2024. A free-standing static tower crane was erected on a prebuilt foundation within the construction site. The tower has a horizontal boom with a 360\u00b0 rotation for moving assembled construction materials onto the new building and its foundation as it is constructed....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Amid winter temps, construction crews keep work moving<\/a><\/h4><\/div>Our construction site continues to buzz with activity as crews continue excavation and installation of sheet piles. They have begun pouring concrete for the future building's foundation which will continue in the coming months....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745350786552{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”]<\/p>\nRelated news<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/div>Strong staff make their mark on final steel beam for expansion<\/a><\/h4><\/div>Strong staff make their mark on final steel beam for expansion. To illustrate where we are in the project, you might compare a building to a human body: It has a steel skeleton to give it a shape, and concrete on more than half the floors....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Strong Expansion Project moves into the summer: Here\u2019s what\u2019s new<\/a><\/h4><\/div>After a long winter and rainy spring, crews continue work on the Strong Expansion Project this summer. New steel and concrete are giving shape to the future of a larger, more modern space to treat patients and help our community....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Structural steel taking shape<\/a><\/h4><\/div>It\u2019s hard to miss the visible signs of our expanded Emergency Department and in-patient pavilion. Driving past, you can now see the framework for three floors rising up from the ground. Despite winter conditions, crews are working hard to meet critical project milestones....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Arrival of crane marks project milestone<\/a><\/h4><\/div>A major step forward for the Strong Expansion Project arrived on September 6, 2024. A free-standing static tower crane was erected on a prebuilt foundation within the construction site. The tower has a horizontal boom with a 360\u00b0 rotation for moving assembled construction materials onto the new building and its foundation as it is constructed....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Amid winter temps, construction crews keep work moving<\/a><\/h4><\/div>Our construction site continues to buzz with activity as crews continue excavation and installation of sheet piles. They have begun pouring concrete for the future building's foundation which will continue in the coming months....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745350786552{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”]<\/p>\nRelated news<\/h2>\n
What\u2019s towering over Strong Memorial Hospital? \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nURMC to lead national heart medication study \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nFind out what makes Strong Memorial Hospital a level 1 trauma center \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nStrong Memorial Hospital\u2019s Emergency Department demolition is surprisingly sustainable \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nUR Medicine Performs Record Number of Heart Transplants in 2023 \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nStrong Expansion Project Reaches Another Approval Milestone \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nGroundbreaking Ceremony Celebrates Strong Memorial Hospital Expansion Project \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>Strong Expansion Project moves into the summer: Here\u2019s what\u2019s new<\/a><\/h4><\/div>After a long winter and rainy spring, crews continue work on the Strong Expansion Project this summer. New steel and concrete are giving shape to the future of a larger, more modern space to treat patients and help our community....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Structural steel taking shape<\/a><\/h4><\/div>It\u2019s hard to miss the visible signs of our expanded Emergency Department and in-patient pavilion. Driving past, you can now see the framework for three floors rising up from the ground. Despite winter conditions, crews are working hard to meet critical project milestones....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Arrival of crane marks project milestone<\/a><\/h4><\/div>A major step forward for the Strong Expansion Project arrived on September 6, 2024. A free-standing static tower crane was erected on a prebuilt foundation within the construction site. The tower has a horizontal boom with a 360\u00b0 rotation for moving assembled construction materials onto the new building and its foundation as it is constructed....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Amid winter temps, construction crews keep work moving<\/a><\/h4><\/div>Our construction site continues to buzz with activity as crews continue excavation and installation of sheet piles. They have begun pouring concrete for the future building's foundation which will continue in the coming months....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745350786552{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”]<\/p>\nRelated news<\/h2>\n
What\u2019s towering over Strong Memorial Hospital? \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nURMC to lead national heart medication study \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nFind out what makes Strong Memorial Hospital a level 1 trauma center \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nStrong Memorial Hospital\u2019s Emergency Department demolition is surprisingly sustainable \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nUR Medicine Performs Record Number of Heart Transplants in 2023 \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nStrong Expansion Project Reaches Another Approval Milestone \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nGroundbreaking Ceremony Celebrates Strong Memorial Hospital Expansion Project \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>Structural steel taking shape<\/a><\/h4><\/div>It\u2019s hard to miss the visible signs of our expanded Emergency Department and in-patient pavilion. Driving past, you can now see the framework for three floors rising up from the ground. Despite winter conditions, crews are working hard to meet critical project milestones....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Arrival of crane marks project milestone<\/a><\/h4><\/div>A major step forward for the Strong Expansion Project arrived on September 6, 2024. A free-standing static tower crane was erected on a prebuilt foundation within the construction site. The tower has a horizontal boom with a 360\u00b0 rotation for moving assembled construction materials onto the new building and its foundation as it is constructed....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Amid winter temps, construction crews keep work moving<\/a><\/h4><\/div>Our construction site continues to buzz with activity as crews continue excavation and installation of sheet piles. They have begun pouring concrete for the future building's foundation which will continue in the coming months....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745350786552{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”]<\/p>\nRelated news<\/h2>\n
What\u2019s towering over Strong Memorial Hospital? \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nURMC to lead national heart medication study \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nFind out what makes Strong Memorial Hospital a level 1 trauma center \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nStrong Memorial Hospital\u2019s Emergency Department demolition is surprisingly sustainable \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nUR Medicine Performs Record Number of Heart Transplants in 2023 \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nStrong Expansion Project Reaches Another Approval Milestone \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nGroundbreaking Ceremony Celebrates Strong Memorial Hospital Expansion Project \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>Arrival of crane marks project milestone<\/a><\/h4><\/div>A major step forward for the Strong Expansion Project arrived on September 6, 2024. A free-standing static tower crane was erected on a prebuilt foundation within the construction site. The tower has a horizontal boom with a 360\u00b0 rotation for moving assembled construction materials onto the new building and its foundation as it is constructed....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>- <\/a><\/div>
Amid winter temps, construction crews keep work moving<\/a><\/h4><\/div>Our construction site continues to buzz with activity as crews continue excavation and installation of sheet piles. They have begun pouring concrete for the future building's foundation which will continue in the coming months....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745350786552{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”]<\/p>\nRelated news<\/h2>\n
What\u2019s towering over Strong Memorial Hospital? \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nURMC to lead national heart medication study \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nFind out what makes Strong Memorial Hospital a level 1 trauma center \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nStrong Memorial Hospital\u2019s Emergency Department demolition is surprisingly sustainable \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nUR Medicine Performs Record Number of Heart Transplants in 2023 \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nStrong Expansion Project Reaches Another Approval Milestone \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nGroundbreaking Ceremony Celebrates Strong Memorial Hospital Expansion Project \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>Amid winter temps, construction crews keep work moving<\/a><\/h4><\/div>Our construction site continues to buzz with activity as crews continue excavation and installation of sheet piles. They have begun pouring concrete for the future building's foundation which will continue in the coming months....<\/p>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745350786552{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”]<\/p>\nRelated news<\/h2>\n
What\u2019s towering over Strong Memorial Hospital? \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nURMC to lead national heart medication study \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nFind out what makes Strong Memorial Hospital a level 1 trauma center \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nStrong Memorial Hospital\u2019s Emergency Department demolition is surprisingly sustainable \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nUR Medicine Performs Record Number of Heart Transplants in 2023 \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nStrong Expansion Project Reaches Another Approval Milestone \u203a<\/a><\/p>\nGroundbreaking Ceremony Celebrates Strong Memorial Hospital Expansion Project \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n
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What\u2019s towering over Strong Memorial Hospital? \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n URMC to lead national heart medication study \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n Find out what makes Strong Memorial Hospital a level 1 trauma center \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n Strong Memorial Hospital\u2019s Emergency Department demolition is surprisingly sustainable \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n UR Medicine Performs Record Number of Heart Transplants in 2023 \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n Strong Expansion Project Reaches Another Approval Milestone \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n Groundbreaking Ceremony Celebrates Strong Memorial Hospital Expansion Project \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n