HOK Unveils Buffalo Medical School Design
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The design for the new School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building on the University at Buffalo’s (UB) Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus was unveiled in early April.
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Emergency Departments Save by Using Observation Units
A recent study in health affairs, with support by the Advisory Board Company, expresses the efficiency of using observation units.
Parkland Hospital Awards Facility Activation Contract
DALLAS — In mid-March, KLMK Group Inc., a provider of health care planning and facility-related advisory solutions, was awarded the contract for Facility Activation for Parkland Hospital in Dallas.
Kahler Slater Earns Three ASID Awards
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Kahler Slater, based in Milwaukee, recently received three 2012 American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Wisconsin Design Excellence Awards for the architecture firm’s recent designs of hospital and clinic construction projects.
The Wisconsin chapter of the ASID presented the awards, which recognize outstanding interior design in categories such as corporate or office space, health care retail and hospitality.
SLU Hospital Expanding ER Department
ST. LOUIS — McGrath & Associates, based in St. Louis, was selected as general contractor on the $1.5 million interior expansion of the emergency department at Saint Louis University (SLU) Hospital. Work on the project began in February and will be completed in June 2013.
St. Louis-based BSA LifeStructures and Rock Island, Ill.-based KJWW Consulting Engineers are working as the design team.
Kentucky Governor Vetoes Health Care Bill, Guarantees New Plan
FRANKFORT, Ky. — On March 25, the Kentucky Senate unanimously passed House Bill 5, which would require the Department of Insurance to set up a process for payment disputes between medical providers and Medicaid managed health care organizations. However, Gov. Steve Beshear vetoed the bill last week.
San Jose State to Get New Health Center
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Ratcliff Architects, based in Emeryville, and its partner, Santa Clara-based Blach Construction Company, were chosen to design and build a new $25 million student health and counseling center at San Jose State University (SJSU).
CRE Bacteria Threaten Health Care Facilities
WASHINGTON — At a press conference earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) asked inpatient medical care facilities nationwide to take action against a strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which kill up to half of infected patients.
HDR Architecture Expands into Germany
OMAHA, Neb. — HDR Architecture, headquartered in Omaha, continues to expand as one of the world’s top health care and science + technology design firms. It recently merged with TMK Architekten Ingeneieure, a Dusseldorf, Germany-based company that has led the country’s health care architecture market. The merged company will operate as HDR TMK, and will serve as the hub of the firm’s health care and science + technology design programs in Europe.
McCarthy Breaks Ground on Texas Specialty Care Center
LEAGUE CITY, Texas — An official groundbreaking for The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Victory Lakes Specialty Care Center expansion project in League City was held on Feb. 26, the day after construction began. The $90 million design-build project will add 142,000 square feet to the existing outpatient center on the Victory Lakes campus, as well as include a related utilities facility.