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Design & Construction

Geisinger has reached a significant milestone in the nearly $900 million expansion and modernization of Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, completing structural steel installation for the project's new patient tower during a beam-topping ceremony held July 15. T
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Geisinger Wyoming Valley Expansion Reaches Topping-Out Milestone 

3 months ago5 mins

Geisinger has reached a significant milestone in the nearly $900 million expansion and modernization of Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, completing structural steel installation for the project’s new patient tower during a beam-topping ceremony held July 15.

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The planning announcement follows several years of major investment on the Main Campus, including construction of a new neurological institute building and preparations for a Level I trauma center expected to open later this decade.
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Cleveland Clinic Advances Systemwide Growth With Main Campus Planning and Fairview Hospital Expansion

3 months ago8 mins

Cleveland Clinic is moving forward on two major capital initiatives that underscore its long-term strategy to expand patient capacity, modernize clinical infrastructure and strengthen access to specialized care across Northeast Ohio. 

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Decentralized workstations and direct patient room access support staff visibility and ease of movement along a nursing unit. © Courtesy of Shepley Bulfinch
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Designing Facilities That Support the Caregivers Behind Specialty Care

3 months ago3 months ago11 mins

In specialty care settings, from cancer centers to neurological hospitals and pediatric facilities, the relationship between design and workforce sustainability is especially pronounced.

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Ascension Saint Thomas has started work on a new full-service hospital and integrated health campus in Clarksville, Tenn., a $148.5 million project aimed at expanding care access in Montgomery County and the surrounding region. 
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Ascension Saint Thomas Breaks Ground on Clarksville Hospital Campus

3 months ago5 mins

Ascension Saint Thomas has started work on a new full-service hospital and integrated health campus in Clarksville, Tenn., a $148.5 million project aimed at expanding care access in Montgomery County and the surrounding region. 

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The 107,000-square-foot facility opened Jan. 7.
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Facility of the Month: Children’s Nebraska Behavioral Health and Wellness Center Reflect Exemplifies Shift Toward Recovery-based Design

3 months ago3 months ago10 mins

Children’s Nebraska’s new $114 million Behavioral Health & Wellness Center in Omaha was designed for healing and safety simultaneously rather than treating them as competing priorities.

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The tower includes 36 private medical-surgical beds, a 16-bed intensive care unit, a 16-bed postpartum unit connected directly to the hospital’s birth pavilion and a 26-bed perioperative unit for patient care and monitoring before and after surgery.
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Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas Opens Lusardi Tower as First Phase of Campus Transformation

4 months ago4 months ago11 mins

The tower includes 36 private medical-surgical beds, a 16-bed intensive care unit, a 16-bed postpartum unit connected directly to the…

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The 53,000-square-foot hospital is planned with 29 inpatient beds, four operating rooms, 24-hour emergency services, a diagnostic laboratory and imaging services.
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Jupiter Medical Center Breaks Ground on Second Hospital at Avenir

4 months ago4 months ago5 mins

Jupiter Medical Center has started construction on its second hospital, advancing a planned expansion of emergency and specialty care in western Palm Beach County. 

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Virtua Health has reached a major construction milestone on the Marvin Samson Pavilion at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, after crews placed the final steel beam atop the seven-story patient tower. 
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Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Marks Topping-Out for $500 Million Expansion

4 months ago4 months ago6 mins

Virtua Health has reached a major construction milestone on the Marvin Samson Pavilion at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, after crews placed the final steel beam atop the seven-story patient tower. 

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