AURORA, Colo. — The University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) debuted a $300 million, 12-story patient tower in April after an aggressive and efficiently coordinated 24-month schedule resulted in the project being completed ahead of time.
NEW YORK — On May 15, the Beverly Wills Architecture Foundation hosted a lecture entitled A View from the Future at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York.
For today’s mission critical hospitals, in which 24/7/365 efficient systems operation is imperative, commissioning life safety, emergency power, mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems are particularly crucial.
CHARLESTOWN, Mass. — Two weeks after the Boston Marathon bombing, the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital opened just in time to care for victims.
SEATTLE — The LEED program recently created LEED for Health Care (LEED-HC), a specific rating system for health care construction projects, and Group Health Puyallup Medical Center in Seattle is the first to achieve this rating, earning LEED Gold.
The influence of “green” in health care is not new. Take a look at the evolution of green guidances over the last decade:
STANFORD, Calif. — In early May, Clark/McCarthy, a joint venture of McCarthy Building Companies Inc.
OAKLAND, Calif. — On May 22, Kaiser Permanente announced it will seek LEED Gold certification for new construction of hospitals and other major projects over $10 million.
Workplace safety is a concern for most construction companies because if workers don’t abide by safety regulations and get injured or break something on site, they can set a project back months and cost companies thousands of dollars.
CLOVIS, Calif. — To accommodate growth in the community, Clovis Community Medical Center is in the process of tripling its size to 739,000 square feet by using a multiphase construction process while the facility remains fully operational.
