SkyV is a ceiling-mounted system of HD LCD screens that provide a faux skylight framework that has the potential to create a more comfortable patient environment. The system includes multi- channel graphics processors and specialized synchronization software that simulates outdoor views. Viecloud formations and trees with leaves.
Lenette Wells, AIA, was promoted to architect at Entech Engineering Inc., of Reading, Pa., after successfully completing the Architects Registration Exam. Wells will work in the firm’s facilities planning and design group and continue her work on sustainable building design, historic preservation and project management.
When people say they can’t afford to attend AAHSA this year we tell them what 10,000 aging services LEADERS already know: Your organization simply can’t afford NOT to attend AAHSA, especially this year. Every trend, every innovation, every exciting new program, every new regulation, every piece of news that will help you LEAD and SERVE will be presented, discussed and debated in Chicago. What happens when you are not there to be a part of it?
Gkkworks, an architecture and construction services firm based in southern California, hired Kenneth Buck as regional director for its San Diego office. He will manage regional operations primarily in the healthcare, education and government sectors.
High Concrete Group in Lancaster, Pa., hired Rick S. Scheetz as president, where he will oversee operating and leadership strategies. Before working for Concrete Group, Scheetz was vice president of Lafarge North America.
Martin Gilliat was appointed to principal of Cannon Design, an international architectural firm. He will be responsible for helping the firm expand its presence in the healthcare and general practice markets. He has more than 20 years of experience designing hospitals in Europe and Asia. Nirmal Mangal, AIA, FIIA, also joined the firm as vice president. Mangal has more than 30 years of experience, with a portfolio that includes healthcare and science, higher education and research facilities.
When it came time for Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC to upgrade its facilities, planners set out with one core goal in mind: improve the experience of everyone who sets foot inside.
After more than a decade of master plans, revisions and all-too-common funding snafus, the new CHP rose like a phoenix from its demolished former self and opened to the public on May 2. In the end, 30 percent of the old complex was kept intact, but much of the original building was leveled during construction of the a new $293.6 million building.
CBC Corp. announces the addition of five new colors to its Lintotesta line of vinyl flooring
for light- and heavy-duty commercial environments. The stone-like resilient tile
flooring is now available in 33 color selections. New additions include pearl gray, soft
taupe, warm neutral beige, soft spruce green and tangerine. The 17.7-foot x 17.7-foot
tiles are made from 50 percent post-industrial recycled content. Low-VOC emissions
can contribute to LEED credits. Tiles are 0.12 inches thick.
