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Torcon Selected as Construction Manager for $100 Million, 308,000 sq ft Geisinger Health System Expansion Project

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) July 20, 2007 -- Torcon, Inc., one of nation's largest construction management firms, was recently awarded the construction management contract for Geisinger Medical Center's Hospital for Advanced Medicine, a $100,000,000, 308,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art medical building that will adjoin the Geisinger Health System Medical Center in Danville, PA. Geisinger Health System is a leading, fully-integrated healthcare provider, and serves more than 2.5 million residents throughout Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania.

The nine story Hospital for Advanced Medicine will house the following additions:

? 50,000-square-feet of diagnostic and laboratory space

? 32,000-square-foot surgical suite

? Several floors of patient rooms

? 60 Acuity acceptable patient beds

? Imaging expansion

? Non-invasive and interventional cardiology

? Cardiology Clinic

? Cardiothoracic vascular clinics and labs

? Food service

"We're building the hospital of tomorrow," said Lynn Miller, Chief Administrative Officer of Geisinger Medical Center. "(It will be) far and away the most technologically advanced and innovative facility in central Pennsylvania."

The new Hospital for Advanced Medicine is also being designed to be LEED certified. The LEED Green Building Rating System is administered by the US Green Building Council and aims to improve occupant well-being and environmental performance. Geisinger's new facility will also participate in the Green Guide for Health Care pilot program, a guide for healthy, sustainable building design, construction, and operation in the healthcare industry.

"At Torcon, we take great pride in our steadfast commitment to quality construction and safety, and we couldn't be more pleased to once again work with an organization that shares the same vision," said Torcon Co-President, Ben Torcivia, Jr. "Once completed, the Hospital for Advanced Medicine will be a symbol that directly represents the Geisinger Health System's dedication to providing the highest quality healthcare to its surrounding communities."

Groundbreaking for construction took take place on June 21st, 2007, with expected completion of construction by the spring of 2010.

About Torcon:

Torcon is a privately-held construction firm headquartered in Red Bank, NJ, with full-service operations offices in Philadelphia, PA and Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Torcon provides construction management and general contracting services to leading corporations and private institutions. Founded in 1965, Torcon is one of the most active construction management firms in the Mid-Atlantic states, as well as one of Puerto Rico's leading pharmaceutical construction specialists, having completed more than $4 billion of aggregate construction work over the past decade. Torcon is ranked among the nation's 30 largest at-risk CMs according to Engineering News-Record, the industry's leading publication.

For more information on Torcon, Inc., visit their website at www.torcon.com.

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