ROCKFORD, IL—The $505million Mercyhealth project, the largest in Rockford's history,reached a milestone last week. The highest steel beam was signed byemployees, physicians, administrators and community leaders andplaced on the tallest point of the structure in this city about 90miles northwest of Chicago.
“Today marks a very specialmoment, as we move one step closer to opening our Women's andChildren's Hospital and Medical Center Campus,” saidJavon R.Bea, president and chiefexecutive officer of Mercyhealth, at Wednesday's eventpresentation. “This tradition of topping out means more thanraising the last beam. This tradition is about setting andachieving increasingly difficult goals, honoring the milestonesalong the way and saluting continued success.”
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
