MOD introduces its new laundry Poly-Trux 28P-16. Designed to feed linens into laundry machines and equipment, the cart features a sturdy, spring-loaded platform of rotationally molded plastic that rises, for reduced bending and reaching, according to the company.
Designed to meet health care facility plumbing standards, the new aesthetically pleasing lavatory system from Willoughby is specifically developed to accommodate patients. The WBL 2320 series features ligature-resistant spouts and drains, as well as sanitary, non-porous solid surface basins to fight off stains, impacts and burns, according to the company. With a full stainless steel drain enclosure, the basins are available in nine solid and granite colors. The product’s dual-push button option gives patients access to both hand washing and drinking water.
Sheila Cahnman, AIA, ACHA, LEED AP, recently joins AECOM as vice president of its health care market sector. Based at the firm’s Chicago and Minneapolis offices, Cahnman will be responsible for development, strategy and growth of the company’s design practice nationally and internationally. With more than 30 years of health care project experience, she has worked with the University of Chicago Hospitals, Advocate Health Care and the Ohio State University Medical Center.
OMAHA, Neb. — HDR Architecture, headquartered in Omaha, continues to expand as one of the world’s top health care and science + technology design firms. It recently merged with TMK Architekten Ingeneieure, a Dusseldorf, Germany-based company that has led the country’s health care architecture market. The merged company will operate as HDR TMK, and will serve as the hub of the firm’s health care and science + technology design programs in Europe.
LEAGUE CITY, Texas — An official groundbreaking for The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Victory Lakes Specialty Care Center expansion project in League City was held on Feb. 26, the day after construction began. The $90 million design-build project will add 142,000 square feet to the existing outpatient center on the Victory Lakes campus, as well as include a related utilities facility.
CHICAGO — Last month, the 10-story 1.2 million-square-foot Center for Care and Discovery at the University of Chicago Medicine opened for patient use.
WORCESTER, Mass. — On Dec. 12, 2012 at 12:12 p.m., Boston-headquartered Suffolk Construction reached substantial completion of the $400 million Albert Sherman Center, a 516,000-square-foot biomedical research and education facility located on the University of Massachusetts Medical School campus in Worcester.
The PT Series of portable radios from Ritron Inc. are ideal solutions for virtually any two-way radio use, especially within health care facilities. Each 10-ounce device features narrow frequency channels for clearer communication and less interference, according to the company. With each unit’s built-in selective signaling, users are automatically alerted for priority messaging. The easy-to-hear radios are also tested to be dust and water resistant for added protection. Each product includes an emergency call button, status icons and an easy to read alphanumeric LED display.
HERSHEY, Pa. — The new $239 million Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center was dedicated on Nov. 13 and saw its first patient in early January.
