Wake Forest Baptist Health East Bed Tower

Wake Forest Baptist Health is constructing a new emergency department, operating room, and intensive care unit tower. S&ME’s portion of the project included testing for the demolition of a multi-level parking deck, which will become a brand new seven-story bed tower for the facility. Current planned work for the structure allows the future support of three additional stories and multiple new helipads.

S&ME began work on the project in 2020 with geotechnical, geophysical, and seismic evaluation services, which included borings within the interior of the now-demolished parking deck.  Services provided during design and construction have also included asbestos and lead-based paint inspection, pre- and post-demolition studies, vibration monitoring, coatings services, air monitoring, on-going geotechnical consultation services, and construction materials testing/Special Inspections.  The project construction schedule will extend into 2025.