SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sanford Children’s Hospital has made it easier for sick kids to imagine their doctors as knights in shinning white armor, instead of lab coats, with a new $60 million, 179,000-square-foot facility designed to resemble a storybook castle.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System recently opened the doors of its new Valley Specialty Center, a 244,000-square-foot facility that consolidates 22 outpatient specialty services.
The new center — a $151 million project built with $129 million in bond money, $15 million from the San Jose Redevelopment Agency and money from the Valley Medical Center Foundation, among other sources — replaces the previous facility that was aging and burdened with more patients than it was built to handle, according to hospital officials.
GLEN ELLYN, Ill. — Construction was recently completed on DuPage Medical Group’s Glen Ellyn Clinic, a $23.5 million project that…
Bedside entertainment and information systems are becoming an increasingly important component for healthcare facilities. The systems can help improve patient comfort, medical outcomes and staff efficiencies. Rick Pratt, CEO of Healthcare Information LLC, and Gary Kolbeck, general manager of Lodgenet, spoke with HC&O News during a conference call. Healthcare Information provides hospital-grade televisions and other accessories, while Lodgenet provides media and connectivity solutions.
Every year the Modular Building Institute sponsors an awards program that recognizes the best projects in commercial modular building design and construction.
The ceremony to present the awards was held earlier this year during MBI’s annual convention and tradeshow in Las Vegas. Each entry was reviewed by a panel of industry and non-industry construction and code experts, architects and engineers, and marketing professionals.
When the doors to the new Oklahoma Department of Mental Health’s Forensic Center in Vinita opened in July 2008, patients and staff were welcomed into a medical facility offering the latest in technology and patient safety.
Four years ago, the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health retained PSA-Dewberry, a national architectural firm, to design the new 200-bed forensic center that houses patients deemed incompetent to stand trial and those judged not guilty by reason of insanity.
A/E/C Andrew Beilfuss, AIA, NCARB, joined HDR Architecture as healthcare principal at the firm’s Pasadena, Calif., office. Beilfuss will be…
