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Wyoming Medical Center is engaged in a $35 million expansion in Casper. The 97,000-sf project includes construction of a four-story patient tower and a new emergency department. The facility will provide up to 40 private patient rooms, a lobby, and a kitchen.

Smyth Community Hospital is building a 150,373-sf replacement facility in Marion, Va. The hospital will provide 48 acute care inpatient beds, an emergency department, surgical suites, and outpatient care. Occupancy is expected in June of 2012. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility. The hospital was designed by Earl Swensson Associates and built by Skanska USA Building.

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center will invest $85 million to build new healthcare facilities in Davie County, N.C. A three-story, 90,000-sf outpatient center will provide emergency care, diagnostic imaging, endoscopy services, and outpatient surgery. The $60 million facility is slated for completion in late 2013. A $25 million, 25-bed hospital is expected to reach completion in 2017.

The University of Iowa will begin construction in late 2012 on the new $271 million Children’s Hospital in Iowa City. Consolidating pediatric medical care in a single location, the eight-story facility will include a 195-bed tower featuring larger patient rooms, play areas, and a children’s theater. Completion is expected in early 2015. The project is a part of a 10-year, $1.1 billion expansion plan.

Macquarie University will build the $108 million Australian Hearing Hub in Sydney. The medical research, teaching, and training facility will house the Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre, the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, and the Shepherd Centre. The building will support research and treatment for hearing and speech-related disorders.