DAYTON—June has been a busy month for the Columbia County Health System administrators and commissioners, and it will come to a close with a groundbreaking ceremony for the hospital construction project on Thursday at 9 a.m.

Construction for the hospital enhancement and renovation project was a major topic of conversation at two hospital board meetings, held June 16 and 23.

CEO Shane McGuire said that construction was to begin Monday. He said that initial construction would not be about “bulldozers and dynamite,” but that work will begin on fencing, and installing temporary security...