New Orleans Hotel Imploded for New Medical Center

NEW ORLEANS — A new hospital complex, the University Medical Center of Louisiana in New Orleans is set to be the single largest hospital construction site in the world, according to a statement.

What was once the old Delta Towers/Grand Palace building was imploded on Sunday to make room for the new Charity Hospital and new Veterans Affairs Hospital as part of the University Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans, which is expected to cost more than $2 billion and be funded by state general funds and other capital financing.

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Mark Chen

Mark Chen has been chosen to represent Heery International as its director of design. There, Chen will be responsible for managing and revitalizing the firm’s design practice on a unified national basis. Coming to Heery from his own firm, Mark Chen Architect, a design and planning consulting firm, based in New York City, Chen has over 30 years of experience as a designer and planner of commercial, education and health care buildings throughout the U.S.

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Sean J. Whalen

South Coast Improvement Company, a provider of construction and renovation services to senior living and health care facilities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, named Sean J. Whalen vice president of business development. In his new role, his responsibilities will include building relationships and strategic alliances, overseeing the sales team and expanding the firm’s sales markets.

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