CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — A groundbreaking ceremony was recently held in Camp Humphreys, South Korea on the future site of the Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital and the Camp Humphreys Dental Clinic.
MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — Mercy Hospital in Moose Lake, Minn., has been tapped to receive $38 million in loans from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development for a 116,400-square-foot facility.
With construction slated to begin next May or June, the major project is a big step for the locally operated facility that has a primary service area of approximately 13,000 people.
The original facility is more than 50 years old and has undergone numerous additions and renovations over the decades.
NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine — A decision to lower application fees for a construction project by Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Norridgwock, Maine, has some concerned about legal challenges.
Code Enforcement Officer Frank Tracey recently told the media that the hospital board decided in October not to charge the hospital more than $12,000 in fees for the project in order to be more friendly to business.
Trane, a provider of indoor comfort systems and services, unveils the next generation of IntelliPak I unitary rooftop systems in configurations from 20 tons to 130 tons. The redesigned energy-efficient units are built to work with air conditioning as well as heating. Featuring Trane’s eDrive, a direct-drive plenum fan technology that is up to 20 percent more efficient than traditional forward-curved fans, the systems’ belt-free design prevents particles from building up in the filter, according to the company.
Skanska USA Building hired industry veteran Mark Miller, LEED AP, as project director for its growing New Haven, Conn., office. Miller brings more than 21 years of construction expertise to the company, with a history of completing several projects in various industries, including health care and higher education.
“Health care for inmates! Really? I didn’t know they received health care. Guess I never really thought about it.”
That is the usual response I receive when someone asks me who I work for or what I do for a living. After thinking about it for a moment, they usually ask me who pays for it. Then the questions really start to fly when they hear the answer.
According to Andrew Quirk of Skanska USA, the next few years will see more hospital construction — by as much as 10 percent by 2015. Following the major downturn of 2008, Quirk predicted a major “upside for design and construction of health care space” over the next few years.
