MU Health Care Debuts Largest Expansion Ever
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The largest expansion ever for the University of Missouri Health Care (MU Health Care) was completed at University Hospital in Columbia.
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A Fast-Track Remedy for Ailing Hospitals
With repair, large maintenance and renovation projects plaguing hospitals and medical centers, hospital administrators search for alternative construction procurement methods that are efficient, effective and flexible enough to meet their needs.
Fargo Senior Facility Gets Attention for Design
FARGO, N.D. — Senior living facilities tend to be outdated and rarely get attention in terms of design; however, St. Paul, Minn.-based Pope Architects recently earned several awards for its Danish Modern design of the $4 million, 18,500-square-foot renovation and expansion at the Elim Rehab and Care Center in Fargo.
WellStar Paulding Hospital Reaches Milestone
HIRAM, Ga. — On March 15, Brasfield & Gorrie, a Birmingham, Ala.-based construction firm, celebrated the topping out of the $135 million WellStar Paulding Hospital project, scheduled for completion in January 2014.
4 Ways to Keep Pests Out of Health Care Facilities
With winter all but a memory, the plants, flowers and trees around health care facilities are springing back to life. And operations or environmental services directors are putting together spring landscaping plans as temperatures begin to rise.
Peru to Open First Green Health Care Clinic
YANTALO, Peru — Quality health care is making its way to the rainforest village of Yantalo, Peru.
University of Chicago Medicine Opens Sky-High Center
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.
UMass Expands Medical Research Facilities
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.
Pennsylvania Children’s Hospital Emphasizes Nature in New Design
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.
Ocean Medical Center Reaches Milestone
BRICK, N.J. — In early February, the $82 million Ocean Medical Center expansion project reached a milestone when it finished the final phase of the steel work that supports the structure after breaking ground in April 2012.