Mohawk adds a new fabric carpeting style to its modular and broadloom collection with Fresh Observations by Lees. With a total of 10 pattern selections, Fresh Observations provides varying textures as well as mix-and-match and stand-alone designs. Patterns range from simple level loop linear design to the high-end, sophisticated stria linear pattern with horizontal hatch marks. The fabric line offers 12 to 24 different color shades.
AirClean Systems launched its next generation ductless fume hood technology, Independence. Designed to manage gas phase filtration and airflow control, it features the company’s OS technology for constant monitoring of the unit’s functions. The system also includes a touch automatic safety controller that interfaces with the OS.
PROMOTION — Lennox’ patent-pending MSAV® supply fan technology helps reduce energy use while still meeting comfort requirements. Factory-installed on Lennox’ 7.5- to 25-ton Energence® rooftop unit models, the MSAV supply fan uses a variable frequency drive to lower airflow during part-load cooling, heating, ventilation and free cooling operation modes to dramatically reduce energy costs all year long.
Christopher Upton, who has joined Taylor as the firm’s new project director, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Medical Administrators, a member and Committee Chair of the Healthcare Design Guideline Committee for the American Hospital Association. He served as head of facilities for a children’s hospital in Atlanta and in a health care architecture practice in Houston, Texas. Upton earned his Bachelor of Architecture for Louisiana State University.
Armstrong Ceiling & Wall Systems added 14-inch and 16-inch high profiles to its family of Axiom Classic Perimeter ceiling trim. The new profiles are one-piece extrusions that eliminate the need to stack shorter profiles to attain the height dimension and eliminates any visible seam. Designed for straight applications, the new profiles can be used with suspended lay-in ceiling panels as an exposed decorative trim or as drywall trim for unique detailing and transition flexibility. They are compatible with all Armstrong exposed tee suspension systems and drywall grid systems.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Architecture firm Shepley Bulfinch of Boston was selected to design the physician-led plan for a new Children’s Hospital of Buffalo on its Niagara campus in Western New York.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Architectural health care firm Taylor reported a rebound from the economic downturn with a “remarkable surge” in new work and addition of staff at all levels.
The firm increased its staff by 30 percent, amidst a struggle by other design firms, according to Taylor officials.
In addition to working on a range of projects varying in scope and scale, the firm said their success comes from investing in a client survey that helped Taylor retool how the firm does business by refocusing attention on client priorities.
PRINCETON, N.J. — The current shortage of primary care providers threatens accessibility and the quality of health care, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
To combat the threat, the Foundation is teaming up with the Group Health Research Institute on a new national program designed to make primary care more efficient and effective.
The Primary Care Team: Learning from Effective Ambulatory Practices (LEAP) project aims to identify primary care practices that use health professionals and other staff in ways that optimize services.
SAN FRANCISCO — In an effort to practice social responsibility, a team of San Francisco Bay Area hospitals recently secured a contract for certified-humane, cage-free eggs from Wilcox Farms through U.S. Foodservice, a major food distributors serving the health care sector.
The University of California San Francisco Medical Center and John Muir Health are now purchasing 100 percent of their liquid eggs from Wilcox Farms — eggs that are pre-separated from their shells and constitute the majority of hospital egg purchases.
