October 22, 2010
Law Brings Changes to Medical Construction
Stafford Hospital in Stafford, Va., designed by Ellerbe Becket.
$11.7 Million Federal Grant to Fund Health Clinic
LEXINGTON, Ky. — An $11.7 million federal grant was awarded to build a 60,000-square-foot physical and mental health treatment facility for the poor and homeless in Lexington.
The grant comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and has been in the works for more than a year.
Read More Violence Against Healthcare Workers Increases
Violence against emergency room nurses and other medical professionals appears to be increasing as the number of drug addicts, alcoholics and psychiatric patients show up regularly in emergency rooms across the country, according to a recent survey of industry professionals.
The survey, produced this year by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, illustrates that visits to ER’s for drug and alcohol-related incidents rose significantly from 1.6 million in 2005 to nearly 2 million in 2008.
Read More Asian demand boosts profit at U.S. manufacturers
Diversified U.S. manufacturers Honeywell International Inc and Ingersoll-Rand Plc beat Wall Street’s profit expectations and raised their forecasts for the rest of the year as strong demand from Asia helped to offset a tepid recovery at home.
U.S. Government backs Unilife’s York, PA manufacturing facility
Construction of state-of-the-art safety syringe manufacturing facility remains on-schedule for completion in late-2010 Unilife Corporation Nasdaq: UNIS today announced that it has secured U.S. Government financial backing to support the construction…
U.S. industrials top profit forecasts
Diversified U.S. manufacturers Honeywell International Inc and Ingersoll-Rand plc posted higher-than-expected earnings and raised their full-year forecasts, helped by strong demand from Asia.
Foster Wheeler Wins Project Management Consultancy Contract For Petrochemical Complex In Egypt
Foster Wheeler AG announced recently that Foster Wheeler USA Corporation, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) contract by Carbon Holdings for a petrochemical complex in Ain Sokhna, Egyptwith a nameplate capacity to produce 1.35 million tons per annum of polyethylene
WPL Schedules ‘Commissioning Best Practices from Design to Build’ Webinar
The interactive webinar is targeted to various professionals within the construction community, including owners, contractors, architects, engineers, and construction managers. (PRWeb October 21, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/10/prweb4679654.htm