Mercyhealth Women's and Children's Hospital and Medical Center Campus raises final beam

On April 19, 2017, the highest steel beam was signed by Mercyhealth employees, physicians, administrators and community leaders and placed on the tallest point of the structure that will soon support the largest project in Rockford’s history, the Mercyhealth Women's and Children's Hospital and Medical Center Campus. Beam “topping out” ceremonies are part of a long construction industry tradition to celebrate the ultimate height during the building process where those involved sign the beam. The evergreen tree used in the ceremony symbolizes the well wishes of good health and safety to the workers and all who enter. Mercyhealth plans to open the $505 million, 451,000-square foot hospital and five-story, 81,500-square foot medical center, in late 2018.