2010
CDCR Issues RFQ for $600 Million Prison Hospital
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State officials issued a request for qualifications for the design and construction of the planned 1.2 million-square-foot corrections department medical complex in Stockton.
The proposed California Health Care Facility, which will house and treat 1,722 male inmate-patients with serious or chronic medical and mental health conditions, has a construction budget of $600 million, according to the notice issued by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Read More Foster Wheeler Awarded Carbon Capture Study Contract By The CO2 Capture Project
Foster Wheeler AG announced recently that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by the CO2Capture Project (CCP)* to undertake a study to evaluate a range of refinery, in-situ extraction of bitumen and natural gas power generation CO2 capture scenarios
Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract for a New Delayed Coking Unit in Argentina
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by YPF.S.A. for a new delayed coking unit to be built at YPF’s Complejo Industrial La Plata in Argentina.
Unlikely hospital bedfellows
An irony that can’t be ignored lies at the heart of this November’s Marin Healthcare District election. Three incumbents on the healthcare district board are running against two challengers.
Allscripts Seals EHR Deal with Catholic Health
CHICAGO — Catholic Health Initiatives, an owner and operator of hospitals and care facilities in 18 states, has selected Allscripts — a player in the electronic health records market — as its sole endorsed Ambulatory Electronic Health Records provider for CHI’s 7,200 affiliated physicians across 18 states.
Oakland pot biz workers joining unions as companies ramp up for November elections
The medical marijuana business is going strong in Oakland. In July, the City Council approved construction of four permitted production facilities. And with the constant flow of clients to local dispensaries, workers now are unionizing. read more
GE, Century Ink $100-M Medical Tourism Project
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$100M medical facility to rise in Makati
General Electric, the fifth largest company in the United States, through its healthcare subsidiary, GE Healthcare, has partnered with leading real estate developer Century Properties for the establishment of a $100-million outpatient medical-IT building in Makati City.
Novo Nordisk Invests $73 Million in Manufacturing Facility
PRINCETON, N.C. — Global pharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk is investing $73 million to expand their manufacturing facility in Clayton, N.C. The expansion will accommodate increased capacity for the company’s insulin-delivery devices.
Novo Nordisk has more than 420 employees in the Clayton facility who are responsible for the formulation, packaging and distribution of six different diabetes treatment products. The expected expansion will include the addition of two final assembly lines, two packing lines and building refurbishment.
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