The final beam for the University of Georgia School of Medicine’s medical education and research building was set into place Nov. 25. Turner Construction Company is serving as the project’s general contractor.
The 93,000-square-foot building, located on UGA’s Health Sciences campus in Athens, Georgia, will serve as the primary educational building for the School of Medicine. Included in the design are large, active-learning classroom spaces, an anatomy lab, a simulation center, a clinical skills center, individual and group study options, a student lounge and well-being spaces. Nearly one-third of the building’s space will be dedicated to biomedical research.
The beam placement was celebrated with a topping-out ceremony where UGA President Jere W. Morehead and School of Medicine Founding Dean Shelley Nuss inked their signatures on the final piece of the structure. The event marked the second of two topping-out ceremonies. The first was held on Nov. 18 for School of Medicine faculty and staff to leave their mark by signing a beam.
The next building phase will be to complete the exterior walls and finalize decisions on interior finishes, furniture and equipment. Completion of the building is scheduled for December 2026
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