Fans Help Prevent Disease at Rwanda Clinic
In the northern mountainous region of Rwanda, a new health clinic faces a health concern common among African clinics: the spread of disease within the facility.
Decorative Exterior Finish
Promotion — RigidRock from Rigid Global Building is designed to enhance the appearance of the company’s metal buildings. The product can recreate the look of decorative stone finish with kits that can be used as alternatives to real stone or cast stone. The polyurethane materials can be attached directly to wood, block or concrete, and plywood or metal panels.
Synchronized Clock System
BRG Precision Products manufactures the new DuraTime 2.4 GHz Synchronized Clock System. The system features wireless multi-path technology that creates a self-healing network throughout healthcare facilities. All analog clocks feature five-year battery performance using inexpensive alkaline AA batteries.
Office Depot Earns Energy Star Leader Status
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Office Depot, a provider of office supplies and services, was named an Energy Star Leader for reducing its energy consumption by 27.5 percent across its building portfolio.
The Energy Star Leaders program, administered by the U.S.
Read More Down to the Wire
When the busy Chicago-area Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare broke ground on a new, fully integrated 50-acre hospital campus in 2008, the size and complexity of the new facility left little room for delays or errors in the construction process.
Founded in 1926, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare serves more than 400,000 patients in the Chicago suburb of Elmhurst.
Read More The Benefits of MasterFormat
Hospitals, medical offices and other healthcare facilities are very complex. They have security, notification, HVAC, back-up power, medical gas and other
sophisticated systems that exceed the requirements of your average institutional building. In addition, green building is becoming more popular, adding another level of requirements to facilities pursuing certification programs such as LEED for Healthcare, which opened project registration on Nov.
Read More sophisticated systems that exceed the requirements of your average institutional building. In addition, green building is becoming more popular, adding another level of requirements to facilities pursuing certification programs such as LEED for Healthcare, which opened project registration on Nov.
$195.5 Million Hospital Set to Open in NY
WALLKILL, N.Y. — Orange Regional Medical Center will open its new replacement hospital in Wallkill to the public in April, according to hospital officials.
The new $195.5 million, 621,000-square-foot hospital, located 65 miles outside Manhattan, was designed and constructed by St. Louis-based HBE 
Corp.
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Antimicrobial Washroom Accessories
Commercial restroom solutions provider Bradley Corp. released its new line of washroom accessories made with antimicrobial ingredients designed to inhibit the growth of bacteria and other microbes, including E. coli and S. aureus.
Read More BlueCross Tennessee Headquarters Earns LEED Gold
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — BlueCross BlueShield’s headquarters in Tennessee, which includes 950,000 square feet of office space, recently received LEED Gold certification.
Bob Worthington, chief strategy officer for BlueCross, said the company always had the desire to incorporate certain sustainable design attributes into the new corporate campus.
“Our master planning goals always included sustainability, innovation and
wellness,” Worthington said.
Read More BlueCross Headquarters Earns LEED Gold
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — BlueCross BlueShield’s headquarters in Tennessee, which includes 950,000 square feet of office space, recently received LEED Gold certification.
Bob Worthington, chief strategy officer for BlueCross, said the company always had the desire to incorporate certain sustainable design attributes into the new corporate campus.
“Our master planning goals always included sustainability, innovation and wellness,” Worthington said.
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