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𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗦𝗨𝗪𝗲𝘅𝗠𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮

For our Managing Principal and Design Director, Joe Mayer, the new OSU Hospital Tower is a milestone in DesignGroup teamwork.

"Collaboration is always a part of architecture, but the sheer size of this project's team required rigorous coordination,” says Joe. "Our teams focused on how each component was in service of the much larger impact of the project. Now that the Tower is open, it’s thrilling to see how the team’s hard work and dedication translated into the hospital.”

Joe has a personal connection to the Tower as well. His mom has worked at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center for over 25 years. He and his family toured the Tower prior to opening where Joe proudly shared the remarkable new facilities and treatment areas. "I'm thrilled to have been part of what will be such an impactful healing space for the local community and far beyond.”

Our new Columbus office in Franklinton is well underway! Our designers Joseph Mayer, Alana Haslow, Jocelyn Krosky, and Daniel Mathur walked our team through the space last week and shared amazing renderings of what our future office will look like. We can’t wait to be in the heart of the exciting developments in Downtown Columbus!

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗦𝗨𝗪𝗲𝘅𝗠𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟭

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center new hospital tower is a place of healing and hope, and it is a defining project for DesignGroup. Our CEO, Sherm Moreland, led the architectural team that started planning the tower in 2015, many years before the project became a reality.

A small, dedicated team of seven industry veterans from engineering, construction and estimating, and The Ohio State University's planning and leadership teams, met weekly to plan the new hospital tower. The team integrated OSU's framework 2.0, a process that aligned the campus with its mission and programs. In 2016, the planning effort was named "13 Questions" and Sherm likes to refer to that team as the "Magnificent Seven" due to the scale and scope of planning, investigation, user engagement, modeling, testing, and choices to set the stage for project approval.

Now that the Tower is open and the commercials play on every TV channel, the central Ohio community feels the excitement about this new hospital. Patients have a new space to receive care and heal. Mothers can show their newborn babies a beautiful view of the city skyline on the three top floors dedicated to maternity care. World-class healthcare at a regional level.

"I see it when I drive down 315; I can see it from our new office in the Peninsula," says Sherm, "a humble reminder of the important work performed 10 years ago by the "Magnificent Seven" and the value of asking intentional questions during the planning phase.

𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 Hospital Tower!



𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 "𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯" 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘪𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘖𝘚𝘜'𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴.

Please join us in welcoming Raun Love to our DesignGroup team as our new Associate Principal and Senior Project Manager! He has a wealth of project management and architecture experience from the last 20 years. Raun is our first team member to join our new Indianapolis office, and we are ecstatic to have Raun help us forge new paths in this market! As a Hoosier who has witnessed and shaped the growth of Indy, he is deeply connected to our new city.

Jennifer Horvath, Managing Principal and President, sees many opportunities in Indy with Raun at the forefront. "Raun's experience intersects deep technical knowledge, large-scale project leadership, and community engagement that will be invaluable as we grow our presence in Indianapolis."

Congrats, Raun! We can't wait to explore how Indy and DesignGroup can create a better, brighter, and more healthy future.

Curious about what it’s like to be a part of our interior design team here at DesignGroup? Heather Clark, a Senior Interior Designer in our Pittsburgh office, shared her thoughts about joining DesignGroup.

“From my early conversations, it was clear the firm values thoughtful design and the people behind it. I’ve stayed because those values proved true.”

Looking to join our collaborative interior design team? Explore our open roles here: https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/portal/0F8C441135B3421B2133D36B90EF14A1/career-page