2010

Design Plans Unveiled for Niagara Medical Center

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Initial design plans for an $80 million hospital and outpatient surgery center have been unveiled, according to reports.

The project will add to a cluster of new buildings reshaping health care in Buffalo and the downtown landscape. Construction is already under way on a $291 million, 10-story vascular care and medical research facility.

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Montana Hospital Project Wins Initial Approval

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KALISPELL, Mont. — An expansion plan for Kalispell Regional Medical Center received initial approval from the Kalispell City Council earlier this week.

The City Council unanimously approved the first reading of a planned unit development overlay zoning district on ten acres for Northwest Healthcare.

The $42 million hospital expansion will include a three-floor surgical services tower with the ability to add to more floors.

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Wisconsin Hospital Project Set to Break Ground

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LA CROSSE, Wis. — Gundersen Lutheran Hospital will begin construction on its new 400,000-square-foot hospital building on the South Side of La Crosse in early January, officials announced. The new building and renovation of the existing structures is reputed to be one of the largest healthcare construction projects in the region slated to begin next year.
 
The project will be built in phases over eight years but the first phase will be completed in 2014.

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Green Radiology Center Planned in Seattle

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SEATTLE — The Seattle-based Swedish Cancer Institute has a plan to restore community-based radiotherapy cancer treatment in the Seattle area by applying modern building technology that is swift — and green.
 
The patented factory fabricated radiotherapy treatment vault and clinic by RAD Technology Medical Systems will allow SCI to cut traditional building schedules by 50 percent while constructing a facility in accordance with the U.S.

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Contractor Eyes LEED Certification For New Hospital

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MINNEAPOLIS — Kraus-Anderson Construction Co., one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest commercial general contractors and construction managers, is set to start construction in January on a new 400,000-square-foot LEED-certified hospital for Gundersen Lutheran Health System.
 
The new construction and renovation of the current hospital space is one of the largest healthcare construction projects in the La Crosse region.

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Utah Clinic Awaits Construction Financing

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MONTICELLO, Utah — Construction will begin on a new physician clinic adjacent to the San Juan Hospital in Monticello as soon as bonds are sold to fund the project, officials announced. The Utah Community Impact Board is expected to purchase $1,180,000 in Lease Revenue bonds this week.
 
Eaton Architects designed the clinic and Tri-Hurst/Hogan Construction is handling construction.
 
The 10,440-square-foot, two story clinic is expected to be complete by October of 2011.

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Electronic Access Control

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Videx introduces a new access control system for cabinets storing narcotics in hospitals, fire departments and emergency service organizations. CyberLock converts existing cabinet locks to fully functioning electronic access control systems that can audit cabinet traffic. The product’s electronic cylinder replaces the mechanical cylinder inside the cabinet lock and requires no wiring for installation.
 
 

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