UPMC has broken ground on its brand new 17-story Presbyterian Hospital in Oakland.What will the new hospital look like? Watch the report in the video player above.City officials, including Mayor Ed Gainey and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, were among those in attendance during the Tuesday groundbreaking ceremony.UPMC says the 17-story facility will have 636 private patient rooms and will deliver specialty care, including transplants, cardiac surgery and neurosurgery.“We are the largest department of neurosurgery in the country. What that means is our surgeons are very, very specialized and do many, many operations,” said Dr. Robert Friedlander, chairman of the department of neurological surgery.The existing UPMC Presbyterian hospital was built more than a century ago. The new facility will have an entirely different look. The exterior will be made of patterned glass, and doctors say that’s not only eye appealing but also beneficial to patients’ health.“Being in a beautiful room, with light coming in, sun is coming in, they will be able to do their part much more efficiently, and get better, even better and better,” Friedlander said.“Instead of just a wall at the foot of the building, there's going to be a great, big screen, and so we will be able to communicate things to patients. They will be able to see who is in their room at any given time," UPMC Presbyterian president Sandy Rader said.UPMC says the new construction project brings about 3,400 jobs.“There will be thousands of folks employed both to design and to build the buildings, and then of course, employees to staff the buildings. We use trade labor for all of our construction projects,” UPMC president and CEO Leslie Davis said.The organization says it is the largest health care construction project in the state.“The team is the same. The people are the same. We are going to be even more excited to come here to work every day,” Friedlander said. The $1.5 billion project will be completed in 2026.