Cannon Design, an architectural, engineering, interior design, and planning firm, welcomes Hal Sibley, AIA, LEED AP, as the company’s new associate principal. With more than 30 years experience in master planning and designing for health care, he has worked in large-scale hospital projects, including a new $2.4 million hospital in China and replacement hospitals for both Torrance Memorial Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles.
Erik Hanson joined HMC Architects’ office in metropolitan Phoenix as managing principal. Hanson will lead business development efforts and projects taking place in Arizona, while contributing to ongoing projects in multiple markets across the firm. His 19 years of experience includes designing and managing projects in multiple sectors.
CHARLOTTE, Mich. — Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital thinks outside the box with its new AL!VE facility in Charlotte, Mich.
The 68,000-square-foot, 14-acre health and wellness center held open houses in October and opens to patients in mid-November. The $18.5 million project houses the hospital’s physical therapy unit, as well as lifestyle and fitness components for community use.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A conference to prepare the healthcare industry for the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) unique device identifier (UDI) regulation is scheduled for Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, Mass.
The UDI rule will require many organizations to implement new or improved systems and processes to efficiently mark or tag equipment, scan device information at various points in its lifecycle, and transmit that data to the UDI database and other software systems.
WILMINGTON, Del. — Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children broke ground in August on a $260 million expansion project at its Delaware campus.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Plans for a new Western Michigan University (WMU) School of Medicine move forward with site selection expected later this year and the first students expected to enroll in fall 2014.
The project is a partnership between the WMU and Kalamazoo’s two teaching hospitals, Borgess Health and Bronson Healthcare. Planning for the project has been underway for three years with fundraising, accreditation work and curriculum development for the medical school in progress.
LAFAYETTE, La. — The first phase of the 45-acre Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center campus opened in June with a $211 million hospital and medical office building.
The project features a main acute care hospital, a four-story medical office building and nearby complexes that house more that 60 physicians who have relocated practices in the area.
SAN FRANCISCO — Progress continues on The San Francisco General Hospital Rebuild Project, which broke ground in October 2009 and is scheduled for completion in 2015.
Applying Lean Principles at Temecula Valley Hospital
When Universal Health Services (UHS) looked to build a new greenfield hospital in Temecula, Calif., they were challenged to do more with less. They set forth on a journey to design and construct a 140-bed acute care hospital with their pencils sharpened — a mere $144 million budget.
LOS ANGELES — The $20 million Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Public Health opened its doors in October, the first building in a community redevelopment plan for the Willowbrook area of Los Angeles.
