Project Videos

See the latest construction work happening on Essentia Health's Vision Northland project in Duluth, Minnesota.

Med Surg

Date: March 2023

Join us on a tour of our new ICU area.

EH Pediatrics Video

Date: February 2023

Join us on a tour of our new Pediatrics area.

Rooftop Garden

Date: January 2023

The replacement hospital incorporates design elements that seek to bring the outdoors in. Follow along with CEO Dr. David Herman as he tours the rooftop garden, one of the areas patients and staff can visit to get a breath of fresh air. With lush greenery and inviting landscaping, the rooftop garden promises to be a place of solace and healing.

Heart & Vascular Tour

Date: December 2022

The replacement St. Mary's Medical Center will provide the latest in technology and bring enhancements to patient care. Patients in the new facility’s heart and vascular department will be welcomed with state-of-the-art equipment, such as a nuclear cardiology camera, as well as a convenient location within the facility to find their care providers.

Emergency Department Tour

Date: October 2022

Essentia Health CEO Dr. David Herman continues touring the Vision Northland project's replacement hospital. In this episode, Dr. Herman visits the emergency department and learns about the features, technology, and special designs of this important department.

Nutrition Services Area Tour

Date: August 2022

The Vision Northland project will bring many changes to the Essentia Health medical campus in downtown Duluth, and the cafeteria is no exception. CEO Dr. David Herman tours the space with department leadership and learns about the new features of the servery that will benefit patients, visitors and staff.

Operating Room Tour

Date: July 2022

Essentia Health CEO Dr. David Herman continues his exploration of the replacement hospital construction site. In this segment, he tours the operating room floor and learns about its new technology and special design features from our surgery staff.

Sustainability & Stewardship

Date: June 2022

Essentia Health CEO Dr. David Herman explores the replacement hospital construction site and shares details about the building’s sustainable design features to be environmentally sensitive. These sustainable design elements support Essentia Health’s commitment to stewardship, one of our seven values.

C Section & Midwife Suite

Date: March 2022

A look at the C-Section and Midwife Suite in the Birthplace at Vision Northland in March of 2022. Vision Northland showcases the construction of our new C-Section Suites for our high-risk pregnancies as well as our alternative Midwifery Suites that provides care to low-risk or low intervention labor and delivery. Our goal is to meet the needs of our community by supporting mothers in different options for their birthing experiences. 

Birthplace Tour

Date: February 2022

Essentia Health CEO Dr. David Herman tours the new Vision Northland facility with members of our Birthplace team to view progress and learn about the latest features and technologies coming to Duluth and the Northland in 2023.

Topping Out Ceremony

Date: November 9, 2021
Essentia Health marked the structural completion of construction and raised the final beam of Vision Northland during a topping out ceremony on November 9.

Construction Minute: Underrepresented Workers

Date: October 5, 2021
As the Vision Northland project progresses rapidly, the operation is boasting a workforce in which 16.5% of the crew members are from groups traditionally underrepresented in construction—women, minorities, and veterans, for example.

Construction Minute: Skip Hoist

Date: Jul. 12, 2021
Learn about the skip hoists being used to bring construction materials to the upper floors in the Vision Northland Project.

Construction Minute: Fritted Glass

Date: Feb. 17, 2021
This construction minute explains what fritted glass is, what it is for, and why it is being used on the Vision Northland project.

Construction Minute: Tower Crane Operator

Date: Feb. 4, 2021
This Construction Minute takes us skyward and shows us what it's like working in the tower cranes on the Vision Northland project at Essentia Health in Duluth, Minn.

Construction progress tour

Date: Jan. 12, 2021

Daytime Construction Site Drone Video

Date: Dec. 4, 2020
Here’s a bird’s-eye view of Essentia Health’s Vision Northland construction site in downtown Duluth, MN, in December 2020.

Construction Minute Episode 1

Date: Nov. 5, 2020
This episode of Construction Minute highlights the steel trusses which link the Clinic Tower and the Hospital tower together on the Vision Northland project in Duluth, Minnesota.

Construction Time-Lapse

Date Range: October 1 to 30, 2020
Watch progress being made on the Vision Northland project during the month of October.

Construction Time-Lapse: Second Street

Date Range: Dec. 4, 2019 to Sept. 1, 2020
Watch construction between First and Second streets from Dec. 4, 2019 to Sept. 1, 2020.

Construction Time-Lapse: Superior Street

Date Range: Nov. 25, 2019 to Sept. 1, 2020
Watch construction near Superior Street from Nov. 25, 2019 to Sept. 1, 2020.

Vision Northland: 1 Year Anniversary

This video shows a before and after perspective of the Vision Northland project site at Essentia Health in Duluth, Minnesota.

Construction Time-Lapse

Date: July 2020
Watch progress being made on the Vision Northland Project during the month of July 2020. 

Construction Time-Lapse

Date: June 2020
This time-lapse shows the construction of Essentia Health's Vision Northland Project in June, 2020.

Truss Installation

Essentia Health (Duluth, MN 6/08/2020)
This video shows the process of installing an 80,000 pound truss during the Vision Northland project.

Construction Time-Lapse

Date Range: May 1, to May 31, 2020
Watch work near Superior Street from May 1-May 31.

148th Fighter Wing Fly-over

Essentia Health (Duluth, MN 5/13/2020)

Construction Time-Lapse

Date Range: Apr. 1, to Apr. 20, 2020
Watch work near Superior Street from April 1-20, and the arrival of structural steel beams.

Construction Time-Lapse

Date Range: Feb. 3, to Apr. 1, 2020
Watch site preparation and the building of footings and walls at the corner of Fourth Avenue East and First Street from Feb. 3 to April 1, 2020.

Construction Time-Lapse

Date Range: Feb. 1, to Feb. 28, 2020
Watch progress on the building’s foundations and walls from Feb. 1 to Feb. 28.

Tower Crane Installation

Essentia Health (Duluth, MN 1/31/2020)
Watch snippets of the three-day process to erect a massive construction tower crane for Vision Northland. The crane was erected at the end of January 2020.

Construction Time-Lapse

Date Range: Jan. 1, to Jan. 31, 2020
Watch work near the intersection of Superior Street and Fourth Avenue East, including the building’s first foundations.

Ramp Demolition

Date Range: Dec. 5, 2019 to Jan. 2, 2020
Watch crews demolish the parking ramp.

Construction Time-Lapse

Date Range: Nov. 25 - Dec. 12, 2019
Watch as construction progresses on the Vision Northland project.

Rock Blast Video

Essentia Health (Duluth, MN 12/03/2019) 
Watch a video of a rock excavation blast at our construction site.