Mike Sherman doesn't send the Green Bay Packers out without a game plan. Similarly, an experienced owner needs a “game plan” for a quality construction project. Preconstruction is the key play. Preconstruction is the arduous honing process of creating the construction...
I recently attended a black-tie hospital fund-raising dinner where the guest donations totaled about $100,000. During dinner I told a story of how I had just found $200,000 worth of energy savings in three hours at a nearby hospital. One of the dinner guests commented...
Master planning is a process that is comprehensive (if conducted properly), time-consuming, and requires soul-searching in determining a “vision” for the future of a hospital or a multihospital organization. It is also a process that has been undergoing significant...
As this article goes to press, we are on the brink of a national presidential election, and the Olympics are only a few weeks behind us. The presidential candidates both have their eyes on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and the Olympic competitors pinned their hopes on a...
Articles emphasizing the importance of good design in healthcare environments are becoming commonplace. Research studies have long suggested a relationship between natural elements—whether an image of a pastoral landscape or a view to an exterior garden—and their...
When the arts draw from one another for inspiration and concepts, it is said that the artists have adopted a new “vocabulary.” A couple of pop-culture examples: MTV's fast-paced music videos use the cinematic vocabulary established by director Richard Lester in his...
Can a building and its technologies be a “practitioner of medicine”? Can they bridge the political, personal, cultural, economic, and distance divide that has contributed to the isolation of Indian and Native peoples from modern medical care? The recently opened...
DeVos Children's Hospital has created the area's first dedicated pediatric radiology department. The new unit includes ultrasound, fluoroscopy, radiography, a sedation suite, waiting rooms, reception, a children's playroom, and adolescent waiting rooms. A nature theme...
Project category: Project in progress (October 2004) Chief administrator: Garth Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, (541) 317-4764 Firm: Marshall Erdman & Associates, (608) 218-6326 Design team: Doug Furry, PE, Principal-in-Charge; Craig Olson, Project Architect;...
Project category: New construction (completed November 2003) Chief administrator: Tony Vines, Chief Executive Officer, (705) 324-6111 Firm: Parkin Architects, Ltd., (416) 467-8000 Design team: John Christie, Project Director, Architect; May Chow, Project Manager;...
We received the commission to design the phased expansion of Condell Medical Center in 1998. The first phase of the expansion opened in July 2003. The project involved 190,000 square feet of new construction and 60,000 square feet of renovation. Programmatic...
Project category: Addition (completed January 2004) Chief administrator: Tom Laux, President and CEO, (765) 349-6502 Firm: ARTEKNA, (317) 955-5090 Design team: Robert D. Hibler, AIA, NCARB, Principal-in-Charge; Gregory W. Lewis, AIA, Principal (ARTEKNA); Karl Meyer,...
