West Valley City • Construction crews were getting rebar ready before pouring concrete. A floor above, ironworkers put up protective barriers as they continued working on a six-story steel skeleton.

The future site of the University of Utah’s Eccles Health Campus in West Valley City was buzzing with activity on a warm June day last week.

“We broke ground last July. We’re 11 months in, and as you can see, we’ve done quite a bit of progress,” University of Utah Health spokesperson Fernando Huerta said. “We have steelwork up, and obviously everything else that was required to get to that point, and we’re moving on schedule to open in late 2028.”

The major construction project is set to bring a sparkling new hospital, medical offices and community spaces to Utah’s second-largest city, which suffers from significant health disparities compared to east-side communities. The property sits near Mountain View Corridor at 5600 West and Clima Drive. It’ll offer inpatient and outpatient care as well as community events, like cooking classes, meant to help cut down on those health gaps.

Since work began last summer, crews have stood up the steel frame for the campus’ medical offices and have made progress on the structure for the main hospital tower. Workers have also started laying the yards of electrical conduits that will power the building.

In total, the final project will have 212 exam and 141 inpatient rooms. The campus will offer a wide range of services, from cardiology to neurosurgery.

The hospital’s design has been influenced by its location in one of Utah’s most culturally diverse cities, Huerta said. Signs will be in multiple languages and the campus’ hallways will feature work from west-side artists, for example.

The university’s board of trustees also voted this month to place a temporary clinic on-site in early 2027. Residents will be able to get care in one of 22 exam rooms set up inside trailers.

“There’s a variety of specialties, they’re still working through all of that,” Brianna Burdett, senior project manager, said. “Primary care will be there, of course. They’re really establishing a care presence here before the full facility opens up.”

While 2028 is the planned opening date for outpatient services at the campus, the hospital’s inpatient beds aren’t expected to come on line until the year after.