COVID-19’s Impact on Healthcare Design and Construction
The coronavirus entered the U.S. in January 2020, and by March, the virus virtually shut down the entire country.
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New Study Examines Potential COVID Impact on Healthcare Design
Gensler, the world’s largest designer and architecture firm, recently published a study called “Transforming Healthcare,” whose aim was to examine the potential means for healthcare construction and future clinical layouts amid the coronavirus pandemic
Pandemic Prevents New Minnesota Healthcare Venue from Hosting Patients
New healthcare construction has been ramped up at several locations around the country as the United States continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, but even with new healthcare facilities being completed, at least one isn’t yet open to patients.
McCormick Place Converts into Coronavirus Treatment Space
Alumni of the College of DuPage’s architecture school have briskly transformed the McCormick Place convention space into an ad hoc treatment facility for coronavirus patients.
Masks Running Short for Philadelphia Healthcare Construction Workers
As construction work has begun to resume in the City of Brotherly Love, construction workers are encountering a shortage in needed N95 safety masks.
Strategies to Help Hospitals Run Efficiently During COVID-19
According to the government policy watchdog website, TheHill.com, more and more governors across the United States are instructing state health officials to increase bed capacity to meet the expected surge in COVID-19 patients.
Michigan Hospital Halts Construction Amid Pandemic
A $920 million, 12-story hospital construction project at the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor has been put on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic, with construction workers laid off.
HGA Teams with Boldt Company on Modular Healthcare Solution
A critical care solution to the shortage of hospital beds due to the coronavirus pandemic is being introduced by leaders in the healthcare construction market. The STAAT Mod™ (Strategic, Temporary, Acuity-Adaptable Treatment) is a prefabricated modular solution designed by HGA, a national multidisciplinary design firm and
HMC Architects Manufactures Face Shields for Healthcare Workers
LOS ANGELES—HMC Architects is among the latest design brands to manufacture face shields for healthcare workers in response to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Hospitals Prepare for Coronavirus Pandemic
Six Nations rugby games will be played in empty stadiums as a precautionary measure to try to tamp down on further transmission.