Harrison Selects Balfour Beatty for Hospital Expansion

BREMERTON, Wash. — Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton named Balfour Beatty Construction, based in London, to provide preconstruction and construction services for an expansion to its acute-care hospital in Silverdale, Wash. Harrison made the announcement on March 25. Last fall, Harrison announced NBBJ of Seattle as the project’s architect.

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Nationwide Children’s Projects to Cost $130 Million

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nationwide Children’s Hospital unveiled details last week for two new facilities near its downtown campus in Columbus. The expansion projects are estimated to cost $130 million combined.

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Study Develops Hospital Energy-Use Strategy

SEATTLE — A recent study, titled Targeting 100!, provides a climate-specific roadmap for newly constructed hospitals across the U.S. to reduce energy consumption by an average of 62 percent. Following the goals of Architecture 2030 and The 2030 Challenge, the study gives access to design strategies and their cost implications, and showcases a process that integrates architectural, mechanical and central plant systems to improve energy efficiency.

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