Earlier this week, the HEALTHCARE DESIGN Editorial team was given a tour of the Cleveland Clinic Richard E. Jacobs Health Center in Avon, Ohio. The 190,000-square-foot center for advanced specialty and primary care, includes an outpatient surgery center, infusion suite for chemotherapy, full scale imaging center and a retail optometry and pharmacy on site.
Project category: New construction (completed January 2012)
Chief administrator: Chris Stipe, Chief Executive Officer, (712) 542-8214
Firms: ACI/Boland, Inc., (913) 338-2300
Design team: Samuel Beckman, Principal-in-Charge; Larry Diehl, Principal; Lauren Cunningham, Interior Designer; Roger Claar, Designer; Daryl Carter, Architect
Photography: ACI/Boland, Inc.
Total building area (sq. ft.): 71,071
Construction cost/sq. ft.: $265
Total construction cost (excluding land): $18,800,000
Project category: New construction (completed January 2012)
Firms: ZGF Architects LLP, (503) 224-3860
Design team: Bob Frasca, Design Partner; Robert Packard, Partner-in-charge; Sharron van der Meulen, Principal Interior Designer; Kip Storey, Project Manager; Halliday Meisburger, Project Architect
Photography: Nick Merrick; Eckert & Eckert
Total building area (sq. ft.): 334,000
Construction cost/sq. ft.: $344
Total construction cost (excluding land): $115,000,000
After months of opinion, speculation, and conjecture, the long-awaited ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by the U.S. Supreme Court was handed down on Thursday, June 28, 2012. The Justices, in a 5-4 vote, upheld the ACA as well as the expansion of the Medicaid issue.
On Thursday, June 28, the United States Supreme Court finally announced its ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — essentially ruling in favor of "Obamacare," as it has come to be known around the world. The court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the law, including its mandate for the purchase of health insurance, was upheld. Chief Justice Roberts concludes that the individual mandate is not a valid exercise of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause of the U.S.
Earlier today, the Supreme Court finally ruled on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), upholding the vast majority of the law. The landmark 5-4 decision affirms the Affordable Care Act, President Obama's signature domestic act, with Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion. The individual mandate for the purchase of health insurance was affirmed not under the Commerce Clause of the U.S.
Project category: New construction (completed November 2011)
Chief administrator: Sue Ehinger, President, (260) 266-1020
Firms: HKS, Inc, (214) 969-5599; Jones Lang LaSalle, (312) 228-2245; Weigand Construction, (260) 490-7449; Pepper Construction (317) 681-1000
Project category: New construction (completed February 2012)
Chief administrator: Maria Zampini, Director of Guest Services, (915) 521-7671
Firms: CAMA, Incorporated, (203) 777-9921; KMD Architects, (415) 398-5191
Project category: New construction (completed April 2012)
Chief administrator: Jonathan Flyte, Vice President, Facilities, (616) 391-1040
Firms: Integrated Architecture, (616) 574-0220; Elzinga & Volkers General Contractors, (616) 392-2752; Spectrum Health Medical Group, (616) 267-7001
Design team: Architecture, Interior Design, MEP (Integrated Architecture); Landscape (Michael J. Dul & Associates); Structural Engineer (JDH Engineering, Inc.); Furniture (Worksquared – Herman Miller)
Photography: Justin Maconochie
Project category: Addition (completed February 2012)
Chief administrator: Peter Arn, Vice President of Capital Improvements/Campus Services, (410) 601-9000
Firm: Hord Coplan Macht, (410) 837-7311
Design team: Lee Coplan, AIA, Principal, Healthcare Studio Director; Scott Robison, AIA, Principal-in-Charge; Scott Davis, Project Manager; Rolf Haarstad, Project Designer; Brantley Davis, Architect; Sean Hughes, Architect; Amanda Fisher, Architect
Photography: Patrick Ross Photography
Total building area (sq. ft.): 57,000
Project category: New construction (completed June 2011)
Chief administrator: Peter Daniels, President & Chief Executive Officer, (630) 833-1400
Firms: Albert Kahn Associates, Inc., (313) 202-7000; Pratt Design Studio, (773) 755-2000
