Hospital tower framing
Structural steel detailing covered the hospital tower within the approximately 1,946-ton medical-center package.
LocationSitka, Alaska
Client and fabricatorAllied Steel
Structural steelApproximately 1,946 tons
Facility sizeApproximately 235,000 square feet
Project overview
A new consolidated healthcare facility for Southeast Alaska.
The Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center is a new hospital and outpatient clinic developed for the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium in Sitka, Alaska.
The approximately 235,000-square-foot facility was designed to bring nearly all of SEARHC’s healthcare services together within one building. The five-story medical center includes emergency, inpatient, outpatient, surgical, imaging, laboratory, pharmacy, dental and specialty care services.
Working for Allied Steel, our team provided structural steel detailing for approximately 1,946 tons of steel.
Two steel-framed towers connected by a two-story atrium.
The structural system consists of two four-story steel-framed towers connected by a two-story atrium. Together, they form the larger medical center complex.The arrangement required the structural steel package to cover multiple connected building areas:
- hospital tower,
- outpatient clinic tower,
- connecting atrium,
- shared circulation and supporting spaces.
Bringing healthcare services together under one roof.
The new medical center consolidates services that were previously distributed across the SEARHC campus.
The facility includes:
- emergency department,
- inpatient rooms,
- outpatient clinics,
- three surgical suites,
- imaging and laboratory services,
- pharmacy,
- labor and delivery,
- dental and optometry services,
- physical therapy.
The building was planned to support more direct connections between departments and provide a unified location for healthcare services in Sitka.
Project team and technical details
- Owner
- SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium
- Building configuration
- Two steel-framed towers connected by a two-story atrium
- Facility height
- Five stories overall
- Opening
- 2026
- Structural engineer
- PND Engineers
- Architect
- NBBJ
- General contractor
- ASKW-Davis joint venture
- Primary scope
- Structural steel detailing
Detailing scope
Structural steel detailing for an integrated hospital and outpatient center.
Outpatient clinic tower framing
The second four-story steel-framed tower formed part of the integrated hospital and outpatient facility.
Two-story connecting atrium
The atrium linked the two main building volumes with shared circulation and supporting spaces.
Fabrication and erection information
The structural steel package was prepared for Allied Steel to support fabrication and erection across the connected medical-center areas.
Technical complexity
Coordination and detailing challenges.
Two connected steel-framed towers
The package covered separate hospital and outpatient building volumes within one integrated facility.
Atrium joining the principal volumes
A two-story atrium formed the structural connection and shared circulation between the four-story towers.
One package across multiple building areas
The 1,946-ton detailing scope supported both towers and their connecting spaces with fabrication and erection information for Allied Steel.
Project result
Structural steel topped out ahead of the facility opening.
Construction began in 2022, and erection of the primary structural steel reached its topping-out milestone in October 2023.
The medical center began opening in 2026, bringing the new hospital and outpatient services into operation.