Petaluma Provider Plans Expansion
PETALUMA, Calif. — Anticipating a dramatic influx of new patients in the next six years, the Petaluma Health Center, a federally-qualified community health center, plans to add 21 medical exam rooms to the 53,000-square foot building that the center acquired this year and hopes to occupy by next spring.
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Read More Work Continues on Children’s Hospital
BALTIMORE — When work is finally completed on the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center at John Hopkins Children’s Hospital in Baltimore, the result will be a blend of technological advances and a family-friendly environment aimed at putting ailing children — and their parents — at ease.
The 12-story children’s tower is part of the $994 million, 1.6 million-square foot adult critical care and cardiovascular tower expansion scheduled to open 2012.
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Scripps Embarks on $2 Billion Plan
An aerial rendering of Scripps Hospital La Jolla as it will look in 2035.
Construction Begins on $1.27 Billion Dallas Hospital
DALLAS — A groundbreaking ceremony took place for the new Parkland Memorial Hospital, which will be situated across the street from its current location on Harry Hines and Medical District Drive.
The 2.5-million square foot replacement hospital campus, slated for completion in 2014, will feature a 17-story main hospital building with 862 patient rooms for adults and a 96-neonatal intensive-care unit, and has a price tag of $1.27 billion.
Read More Cleveland Clinic to Consult on Kaleida Heart Center
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Cleveland Clinic, a healthcare organization once cited by President Obama as a model of excellence, has been hired by Kaleida Health to consult on a new hospital’s heart-care program, including its policies, procedures, personnel, outcome and facilities. The consulting agreement was reached as construction continues in downtown Buffalo on a new 10-story, $291 million Kaleida vascular care and medical research facility.
The vascular center is joint venture between Kaleida Health and the University at Buffalo.
Read More Perkins Eastman and EE&K Architects Merge
NEW YORK — Two major architectural and design firms, Perkins Eastman and Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects, are merging their practices and consolidating their offices in New York City; Washington, D.C.; and China.
Both companies report that no layoffs will take place for Perkins’ 500 employees worldwide and EE&K’s approximately 85 members.
Read More Report: Green Power Usage Increases
PARIS — A recently completed report commissioned by the United Nations reveals that the construction of renewable energy plants outpaced the building of fossil fuel powered generators in Europe and the United States last year.
The Renewables 2010 Global Status Report, undertaken by policy research firm Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, reports that renewable energy facilities accounted for 60 percent of new power plants built in Europe in 2009.
Read More Report Identifies Worldwide Increase in Green Power Projects
PARIS — A recently completed report commissioned by the United Nations reveals that the construction of renewable energy plants outpaced the building of fossil fuel powered generators in Europe and the United States last year.
The Renewables 2010 Global Status Report, undertaken by policy research firm Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, reports that renewable energy facilities accounted for 60 percent of new power plants built in Europe in 2009.
Read More Green Cancer Institute to Open in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Avera Cancer Institute opening this fall will host services that administrators say will help people transition from cancer patient to cancer survivor.
The $93 million, five-story facility is the most expensive project in Sioux Falls history, according to reports. The facility is twice the cost of anything Avera has previously built. The center’s construction includes a tranquil roof-top garden, 2000 gallon waterfall and wavy grass which transitions with the area’s natural landscape.
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