By Jessie Fetterling
(06/12/2013)
(06/12/2013)
In early May, Clark/McCarthy, a joint venture of McCarthy Building Companies Inc. and Clark Construction Group – California LP, broke ground on the new Stanford Hospital, located on the Stanford University Medical Center (SUMC) campus.
By Jessie Fetterling
(06/12/2013)
(06/12/2013)
On May 22, Kaiser Permanente announced it will seek LEED Gold certification for new construction of hospitals and other major projects over $10 million. The organization’s first hospital to earn LEED Gold status will be the Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center, which is scheduled to open in August in Hillsboro, Ore. The 126-bed hospital is the organization’s 38th hospital.
By Jessie Fetterling
(06/04/2013)
(06/04/2013)
Workplace safety is a concern for most construction companies because if workers don’t abide by safety regulations and get injured or break something on site, they can set a project back months and cost companies thousands of dollars.
By Jessie Fetterling
(06/04/2013)
(06/04/2013)
To accommodate growth in the community, Clovis Community Medical Center is in the process of tripling its size to 739,000 square feet by using a multiphase construction process while the facility remains fully operational.
By Jessie Fetterling
(05/29/2013)
(05/29/2013)
The new 85,000-square-foot Victory Medical Center Beaumont opened to patients on May 14. The surgical hospital includes 56,000 square feet of hospital space and 29,000 square feet of medical office space, which features 17 private, inpatient suites, five oversized operating rooms and three special procedure rooms.
By Ralph Crabtree
(05/29/2013)
(05/29/2013)
Hand-washing compliance is a big issue for today’s health care facilities, and for good reason. The recent news about lethal, antibiotic-resistant CRE infections is yet another reminder that hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and other care providers must do everything in their power to stop the spread of germs that put patients’ lives at risk and, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “cost the U.S. health care system billions of dollars each year.”
By Ray Sjolseth
(05/09/2013)
(05/09/2013)
Sustainability is a key issue in today’s health care industry. More than ever, health care facilities are being forced to balance a demand for lower costs with regulatory requirements and a renewed emphasis on the implementation of energy-efficient solutions all
By Jessie Fetterling
(05/09/2013)
(05/09/2013)
Recent studies show that exposure to natural sunlight has a physical and mental health benefit for both patients and staff in health care facilities, which is an incentive to upgrade buildings with expansive windows.
By Jessie Fetterling
(05/07/2013)
(05/07/2013)
A 110,000-square-foot inpatient expansion to St. Vincent Fishers Hospital was completed, and it began treating patients on April 8. Designed by Indianapolis-based BSA LifeStructures, the expansion includes 50 beds: 30 med-surg rooms, 10 observation beds and 10 labor-delivery-recovery-postpartum (LDRP) rooms.
By Jessie Fetterling
(05/07/2013)
(05/07/2013)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Savannah District broke ground on Phase II of the two-phase, $100 million addition and enhancement project at Winn Army Community Hospital at Fort Stewart. Phase I, which broke ground in January 2012, is also currently underway.
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