Mount Sinai Queens Celebrates Milestone
QUEENS, N.Y. — Hospital officials, community leaders and elected officials celebrated the completion of the steel construction phase for a $125 million expansion at Mount Sinai Queens last Thursday.
August 27, 2014
Copper Piping Better Choice for Hospital Expansion
WILMINGTON, Del. — Opening in October, the $215 million Nemours/A.I. DuPont Children’s Hospital expansion is a five-story contemporary facility that features a long list of patient and caregiver amenities.
Hardin Retrofit Reduces Energy Costs
SAVANNAH, Tenn. — Improvements made to Hardin Medical Center have reduced annual energy and operational savings by 25 percent, administrators said in a press statement on Aug. 18.
Because the hospital reduced its load on the electrical grid, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) returned $11,500 in a rebate, and the hospital received an Energy Efficiency Leader Award from Trane, an HVAC systems provider owned by Davidson, N.C.-based Ingersoll.
Turner Construction Celebrates Sibley Topping Out
WASHINGTON — The expansion and renovations for Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., are on their way to completion in winter 2016. New York-based Turner Construction Company celebrated the hospital’s topping out on Aug. 15.
Miles S. Snowden
TeamHealth Holdings, a provider of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals, has appointed Miles S. Snowden, M.D., MPH, as the company’s chief medical officer, effective Sept. 15, 2014. Snowden is replacing Gar LaSalle, M.D., who retired from the position earlier this year.
Ceiling System
The new MetalWorks TorsionSpan custom ceiling system from Armstrong offers an accessible ceiling panel that can span the entire width of corridors. Available in custom lengths up to 10 feet, the 2-foot-wide panels provide 100 percent swing-down accessibility, making them ideal for corridors where frequent plenum access is required. The large-size panels provide noise reduction with an NRC of up to 0.90 with fiberglass infill in select perforation patterns. Seven different perforation options are available.