$503 Million Texas Project
FORT HOOD, Texas — A joint venture of Balfour Beatty Construction and McCarthy Building Co., both with offices in Dallas, was awarded a $503 million fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a 944,000-square-foot hospital to replace the 45-year-old Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood.
Designed by international architectural firm HKS Architects and Wingler & Sharp, Architects & Planners, Inc.
Read More Balfour Beatty, McCarthy Awarded $351 Million Texas Contract
FORT HOOD — A joint venture of Balfour Beatty Construction and McCarthy Building Co., both with offices in Dallas, was awarded a $503 million fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a 944,000-square-foot hospital to replace the 45-year-old Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood.
Designed by international architectural firm HKS Architects and Wingler & Sharp, Architects & Planners, Inc.
Read More Balfour Beatty, McCarthy Awarded $351 Million Texas Contract
FORT HOOD — A joint venture of Balfour Beatty Construction and McCarthy Building Co., both with offices in Dallas, was awarded a $503 million fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a 944,000-square-foot hospital to replace the 45-year-old Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood.
Designed by international architectural firm HKS Architects and Wingler & Sharp, Architects & Planners, Inc.
Read More Navy Awards $394 Million Hospital Contract
Regents Approve $1.52 Billion UCSF Hospital
SAN FRANCISCO — University of California regents approved a $1.52 billion women’s, children’s, and cancer specialty hospital slated for the city’s Mission Bay district.
Read More Work on 80-year-old Tower Replacement Begins
EVERGREEN PARK, Ill. — After an 18-month delay, Little Company of Mary Hospital has begun construction of a 300,000-square-foot replacement patient tower that will replace a tower built in 1929.
Expected to cost between $150 million and $180 million, the 300,000 square-foot wing and tower will be located on Little Company of Mary’s existing medical campus.
Read More Telehealth Network Launched in California
DAVIS, Calif. — A new statewide broadband network went live in August, ushering in a new era for more than 850 California-based hospitals and clinics that will one day be a part of the system.
While a reported 12 million Californian’s live in unconnected and underserved areas of the state, the California Telehealth Network will begin with only 50 participants, activated over the next several months, according to CTN officials.
Read More Study: Green Offices are More Productive
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A new study released by Michigan State University draws an evidence-based connection between environmentally friendly offices buildings and the productivity of office staff.
Titled “Effects of Green Buildings on Employee Health and Productivity,” the study examined two cases in the Lansing area where workers moved from a conventional office building to an environmentally friendly green facility. Workers claimed they called in sick less often and were more productive in the new sustainable environment.
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