Pjeter Vucinaj is Vice President and Director of Medical & Healthcare Services for Martek Global Services. Martek provides a full suite of services covering all areas of real estate, facilities, medical and health care, furniture, administration and procurement activities for commercial and government clients.
CHICAGO — A competitive, lump-sum bid approach to delivery resulted in substantial savings for Central DuPage Hospital’s complex construction project.
A new 202-bed patient tower at the Winfield, Ill. hospital opened last summer to replace general medical service beds in CDH’s original facility, built in the 1970s.
BOSTON — Lawrence & Memorial Hospital’s Cancer Center in Waterford, Conn., is one of the first health care construction projects in the country to use an integrated project delivery (IPD) method to control costs and deliver a patient-friendly facility.
CLARK, N.J. — SurroundHealth was named one of the top three sites of 2011 in the Social Media and Community Site category by Kentico, a Nashua, N.H.-based content management system provider, out of 193 other websites built using the Kentico platform.
SurroundHealth, an online community of health educators and healthcare professionals, was developed by HealthEd Academy, a Clark, N.J.-based division of HealthEd dedicated to fostering research and development in health education that targets health professionals in the trenches of patient education and health education.
The new Poly-Trux 78P multi-tasking bulk laundry cart from laundry product manufacturer Meese Orbitron Dunne Co. packs 800-pound payloads in a 56-bushel, allowing users to roll heavy-duty loads swiftly. With its low-profile design, the MOD cart is ideal for soiled laundry collection, ironing, and other laundry tasks.
AirClean Systems introduced its AC600 Series chemical workstations, designed to offer flexibility and mobility for laboratory environments. AirClean Systems ductless fume hoods and chemical workstations utilize gas phase bonded carbon filtration, providing higher capacity and eliminating filter dusting, according to the company. In addition to standard formulations, multi-layered and chemically-impregnated filters are available to increase load capacity. AC600 Series workstations can even be configured with multiple carbon and HEPA filters.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Griffin-American Health Care REIT II, formerly known as Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, acquired 10 skilled nursing facilities and one medical office building for approximately $174.3 million in January.
ST. LOUIS — A new $72 million four-level addition is scheduled for summer completion at Chambersburg Hospital, an affiliate of Summit Health located in Chambersburg, Pa.
The new tower will include 174,000 square feet of new construction and 4,100 square feet of renovated space.
