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A Liebherr truck-mounted crane, from Jeffers Crane, with a 197-ft. boom, was used to place rooftop units at Mercy Health–Perrysburg Hospital.
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Perrysburg Hospital Nears Completion as Workers Raise In-Patient Tower
By Irwin Rapoport
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Rudolph Libbe Inc. of the Rudolph Libbe Group is just weeks away from delivering the third and final phase of the Mercy Health–Perrysburg Hospital in Perrysburg, Ohio, a city in the Greater Toledo area. The completed hospital will give residents of Wood and Lucas counties a comprehensive array of medical services close to home. Mercy Health is investing $64.4 million into its Perrysburg campus at 12623 Eckel Junction Road, a remote
location of the Mercy Health–St. Vincent Medical Center LLC in Toledo. Mercy Health established its presence in Perrysburg with the opening of the $13.2 million Phase 1 emergency department and diagnostic center in November 2013, followed by the $14.3 million Phase 2 Perrysburg Cancer Center, which opened in November 2016. The new addition is part of Mercy’s Phase 3 plan, which was approved by the hospital board in April 2017. Bon Secours Mercy Health provided the capital funding for the project. Phase 3, which will cost $36.9 mil-
lion, has Rudolph Libbe Inc. performing some of the work and serving as the construction manager at risk. This phase will see the erection of a threestory tower with 46 in-patient beds, five operating rooms, one procedure room, medical office space for physicians, and support areas. The new 101,000-sq.-ft. building, with a 44,500-sq.-ft. footprint, is attached to the cancer center and the emergency department. Phase 3 construction began in July 2017, and Mercy plans to open the doors to patients in April. see HOSPITAL page 2
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Energy Company Expects to Break Ground on Plant Groundbreaking on a $925 million natural gas-fired power plant could take place as early as this summer in Lordstown, Ohio. Clean Energy Future, the project’s developer, has begun to solicit the final investments it hopes will make the 940 MW plant, known as the Trumbull Energy Center, a reality. “We think because the plant is favorably located and has great characteristics, we could be in a position to break ground and have a financial closing by summer of this year,” CEF President Bill Siderewicz said at a press conference. CEF predicts it will bring $1.8 billion in economic benefits to Ohio from construction through 40 years of operation, including payments to local schools and governments. Gas transportation and purchases will add another $10 billion in economic benefits, according to the company’s website. “Trumbull will be a real-world hub of science and technology in action and represents an important forum to enhance the educational and learning experience for our youth who will ultimately become the future leaders of the valley,” Siderewicz said in a press release. CEF is promoting the plant, which will employ natural gas-fired combined cycle turbine technology and catalytic converters, as a source of clean, if not renewable, energy. “Natural gas plants have 90 percent less air emissions than coal-fired plants for typically regulated emissions, the company’s website states. “Natural gas power plants produce 1/2 as much CO2 as coal plants of the same size. Due to natural gas plants like the Trumbull Energy Center, the U.S. currently has its lowest CO2 emissions since 1992. “ The plant will be located at Lordstown Industrial Park near the $900 million Lordstown Energy Center, which CEF also developed, and which went into operation in October 2018. see PLANT page 5