BOCA RATON, Fla. — Private prison operator GEO Group, announced a $40 million deal to expand its healthcare operations through the purchase South Carolina-based provider of detention healthcare Just Care Inc.
GEO Group expects the acquisition to add $30 million in revenue and 4 cents to annual profit per share.
Athletic Facilities Take Center Stage in Establishing School Identities
By Amy Perry
Athletic and recreational facilities play an important role in the development of students at all levels of education. Whether they are used for academic programs, extracurricular activities or competitive spaces, gymnasiums and playing fields offer an alternative to indoor curricula and a chance for students to build skills outside the classroom.
UAE Hospital Blurs Line Between Healthcare And Hospitality
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — A new $209 million hospital is expected to change the face of healthcare in the United Arab Emirates and provide a flagship facility with hospitality-based services for the country’s national health system.
Dallas-based architectural firm HKS Inc. was selected to design the 160-bed women’s and children’s hospital that is
planned to match many other architec- tural innovations in the UAE.
High Concrete Group in Lancaster, Pa., hired Rick S. Scheetz as president, where he will oversee operating and leadership strategies. Before working for Concrete Group, Scheetz was vice president of Lafarge North America.
When it came time for Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC to upgrade its facilities, planners set out with one core goal in mind: improve the experience of everyone who sets foot inside.
After more than a decade of master plans, revisions and all-too-common funding snafus, the new CHP rose like a phoenix from its demolished former self and opened to the public on May 2. In the end, 30 percent of the old complex was kept intact, but much of the original building was leveled during construction of the a new $293.6 million building.
JOLIET, Ill. ― Healthcare officials at Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center are settling into a new $144 million, eight-story patient bed tower that opened recently.
The 256,000-square-foot tower marks the first major expansion at the medical center in more than 40 years.
Americans enjoy the luxury of being able to buy just about any product they want from anywhere in the world, and they are rarely told that something is not available in the United States. But, that is exactly what Tonie Edwards, director of surgical services at North Carolina’s Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, was told during a 1999 trip to the German headquarters of healthcare equipment manufacturer Maquet.
Capital constraints, a shortage of debt financing and the poor economy are creating difficult times for many. Hospitals officials are…
Edd McGatha, facilities director of the Children’s Medical Center of Dayton, had a unique opportunity when it came time to…
Only a fraction of the 40 billion square feet of roofing annually installed in the United States involves retrofit projects…
