Mental Health Learning Center Opens for U.S. Veterans
PALO ALTO, Calif. — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) celebrated the newly constructed Mental Health Learning Center on Aug. 21.
August 2013
MSM Expands Neuroscience Institute
ATLANTA — Four Phase I projects at the Moorehouse School of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta reached completion in August. Designed by Lord, Aeck & Sargent (LAS), with offices in Atlanta, the four projects are the first in a series of planned renovation and expansion projects in development.
AIA Sponsors First Trade Mission to Brazil
WASHINGTON — The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is sponsoring its first Architecture Service Trade Mission to Brazil. The trade mission will take place from Oct. 6 to Oct. 10.
Austin Children’s Shelter Receives PV System Donation
AUSTIN, Texas — In April, Austin-based Circular Energy installed a 10,000-watt solar photovoltaic (PV) system consisting of 40 solar panels and a Fronius IG Plus V inverter to the roof of the Austin Children’s Shelter’s gymnasium. The gymnasium is the largest and has the highest energy usage of the campus’ eight buildings.
The PV system was donated by Portage, Ind.-headquartered Fronius USA; San Jose, Calif.-headquartered Sun Wize Technologies Inc.; Circular Energy and Austin-based Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody.
UCSF Medical Center Project Earns Energy Efficiency Award
SAN FRANCISCO — A chilled-water system at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) recently earned a $757,000 energy efficiency award from PG&E. Designed by San Francisco-based Arup, the system also received the 2013 Higher Education Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Award in the HVAC Retrofit category. Constructed between August 2011 and December 2012, the $7.7 million project helped UCSF upgrade its water chilling system to a highly efficient system from its former inefficient absorption chillers.
Seth Erlich
Elmhurst, Ill.-headquartered J.C. Anderson Inc. announced that Seth Erlich has joined its team as a project executive. Erlich brings more than 17 years of experience to his new role. His responsibilities will include project management and oversight as well as business development. Prior to joining the firm, Erlich was the director of business development for Midland|Frantz Construction Group.
William T. Peruzzi
Alameda Health System (AHS), a nationally recognized public health care provider, appointed William T. Peruzzi, MD, SM, FCCM as chief medical officer overseeing the delivery of high quality care to AHS patients. Dr. Peruzzi, who has more than 25 years of clinical and health care administrative experience, will be based at AHS’s flagship Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif.
Examination Table
Midmark’s 625 Barrier-Free Power Examination Table with IQscale supports the evolution of exam room efficiency by bringing care directly to the patient and minimizing accessibility issues associated with diverse patient demographics. The Midmark 625 with IQscale features a fully integrated digital scale to weigh patients quickly, efficiently and discreetly. The table’s optional IQhub allows for the connection of digital diagnostic devices at the point of care, and results are directly ported to electronic medical records, saving time and improving accuracy.
Duct Liner
The acoustical, thermal and moisture control performance of CertainTeed’s fiberglass duct liner is now available for spiral duct applications with the introduction of ToughGard Ultra Round Duct Liner. The liner has distinct advantages over double-wall construction duct liner that can contribute to time and cost savings for builders and contractors. ToughGard Ultra Round is a fiberglass duct liner overlaid with an extremely tough and durable fire-resistant black composite air stream surface, which is scored to allow for easy installation in spiral air ducts.
Interior Signage
SignScape Interior Signage, a division of InPro Corporation, has a solution for maintenance teams that must keep interior signage up-to-date in ever-changing hospital facilities: the Contego Modular Sign System. Patent-pending Quick Pins make Contego quick and easy to change, but are designed inconspicuously, making the system vandal-resistant as well. Quick Pins can be unlocked with a flathead screwdriver to allow for easy reconfiguration of the sign within minutes.