Shriners to Move Lexington Children’s Hospital
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Shriners Hospitals for Children-Lexington is moving to a new location.
October 2014
Florida Hospital Set to Open ER and ICU
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Hospital Tampa is opening a new emergency room and intensive care unit with a new model of emergency care for patients and families.
HealthSouth Wins Approval for New Hospital
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — HealthSouth, based in Birmingham, has won approval from the Tennessee officials to build a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Franklin, Tenn.
Northwestern Medicine Opens Outpatient Pavilion
CHICAGO — Northwestern Medicine’s presence in Chicago has gotten a lot larger with a 1 million-square-foot outpatient pavilion that offers retail and dining options in addition to health services.
J. Christopher Gale
J. Christopher Gale, AIA, has joined the national architectural and design firm, Arcturis, based in St. Louis. Gale brings more than 40 years of experience to the company. His career has focused on health care, planning and projects that present unique technological or logistical challenges. Gale has worked on notable projects such as the operating suite replacement at the Harry S.
Fire-Rated Doors and Frames
Technical Glass Products (TGP) offers its Fireframes Curtainwall Series fire-rated doors and frames in durable stainless-steel finish options. Design professionals can now specify the bright, contemporary aesthetic of stainless steel for interior and exterior fire-rated glazing applications requiring up to 120 minutes of fire resistance. TGP’s Fireframes Curtainwall Series combines narrow, extruded steel frames with Pilkington Pyrostop glass to provide a barrier to radiant and conductive heat transfer.
New Orleans VA Hospital Tests Power Plant
NEW ORLEANS — Construction for a veterans’ medical center in New Orleans reached a major milestone in mid-September as its new, central energy plant powered up for the first time.
NUMC Renovates Health Library
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — Stalco Construction, based in Islandia, N.Y., and Ehasz Giacalone Architects (EGA), based in Farmingdale, N.Y., have completed a $700,000 renovation and upgrade of the Peter W.
Robins & Morton Achieves Multiple LEED-HC Certifications
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — After earning a second LEED for Healthcare (LEED-HC) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Birmingham-based Robins & Morton reported that it’s the only general contractor in the country to receive multiple LEED-HC certifications.
EYP, WHR Merge to Expand Health Care Services
ALBANY, N.Y. — Albany-based EYP and Houston-based WHR Architects merged to grow the firms’ scope of services in the health care market.
EYP is a leader in education, government and sustainable design, and WHR is the design firm of choice for Houston’s Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world. Both EYP and WHR have experienced a surge in growth over the past year. In 2013, EYP grew by 20 percent and opened six new offices, and WHR grew by 70 percent. The merger will bring together 530 professionals from both firms.