Cradle to Cradle Offers New Product Registry
SAN FRANCISCO — To increase product transparency and usability, the Cradle to Cradle Innovation Institute (CCII) has launched the Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Registry.
March 19, 2014
Modular Walls A Cleaner, Greener Solution for Health Care Facilities
DETROIT — The Detroit Medical Center has transformed a previously underused storage space into a 24-hour observation unit using healthy building strategies.
Scripps Memorial Hospital Breaks Ground on $130 Million Expansion
LA JOLLA, Calif. — Scripps Memorial Hospital broke ground on a six-story, $130 million office building. Part of Scripps Health’s $2 billion renovation plan, the John R. Anderson V. Medical Pavilion will house several medical specialists including cardiologists, gastroenterologists, neurologists and endocrinologists.
NorthBay Health Care Announces Construction Projects
FAIRFIELD, Calif. — At Monday’s opening of the new $20 million Green Valley Health Plaza, NorthBay Healthcare announced two major construction projects slated for the organization’s Fairfield and Vacaville campuses. The two new construction projects will total $180 million.
The 132-bed North Bay Medical Center in Fairfield, Calif., will undergo $140 million in upgrades and will receive a new three-story wing and lobby entrance. The VacaValley Hospital in Vacaville, Calif., will construct a $40 million, 105,000-square-foot office building.
Mike Palmer
Mike Palmer has joined the Minneapolis office of Knutson Construction as a project manager. Palmer has nearly 30 years of experience in the construction industry and has worked on dozens of health care projects. Most recently, Palmer worked at a Minnesota-based construction company as a project manager. He has earned professional certification from the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) and from the American Hospital Association as a certified health care constructor.
Wallcovering
Versa Wallcovering’s new Couture is an elegant wallcovering that brings a high-end, sophisticated textile aesthetic to walls, according to the company. The soft silky expression is updated and up-scaled for the wall with an open light and airy treatment. A wide palette of 21 luminous colors allows Couture to be applied in a variety of corporate, retail, health care and hospitality settings. The low-VOC Couture was made with Second-Look technology and contains 20 percent recycled content, including a minimum of 10 percent post-consumer material.