Michael Compton, director of Healthcare in Florida for Barge Design Solutions, is a board-certified healthcare architect recently spoke with Healthcare Construction + Operation News about how forward-thinking design can help meet the needs of Florida’s aging population, the implications of CON reform on the state’s healthcare system and the role of architecture in designing for population growth.
Practice Greenhealth, a Reston, Va.-based nonprofit focused on sustainable healthcare, has named 496 organizations as recipients of its 2025 Environmental Excellence Awards.
To ensure more people get the healthcare they need, it’s important for stakeholders like local communities, legislatures and insurance companies to support expanding mental health programs and constructing new and renovated facilities. By understanding the unique challenges and following some best practices, building, design and construction teams can collaborate effectively to ensure their next BH facility construction projects get completed successfully and benefit the whole community.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano has completed a six-story parking garage and announced construction on a new, eight-story tower.
Geisinger, a nationally recognized health services organization, has selected Stantec to lead the design of a systemwide masterplan encompassing all inpatient and outpatient facilities spanning Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The framing of the 16-story Piedmont Atlanta Tower structure has officially reached completion, while remaining on-budget and on-schedule to open in late summer 2020.
The Internet of Things (IoT) produces intelligence we can act on. With the ability to streamline everyday processes, IoT has the potential to transform the way we design, commission, fund, and build projects across all sectors.
Situated 30 miles at sea in a facility nearly 60 years old, Nantucket Cottage Hospital (NCH) has been serving its island community for over 100 years, with the facility being the only healthcare option for its 11,000 permanent residents as well as 60,000 seasonal residents.
EW Howell Construction Group, a leading education, retail, cultural and healthcare builders, has announced the expansion of its Healthcare Division with the addition of Thomas Miranda, AIA, who joins as project executive.
Contractors who work on renovation and remodeling projects in hospitals and healthcare facilities face special challenges when it comes to dust control, and the stakes are high.
