by Tracey Walker | Nov 18, 2021 | News
Orlando Health (Orlando, Fla.) broke ground on a 320,000-square-foot acute care facility on its campus in Lake Mary, Fla., according to an article in WFTV. The Orlando Heath Lake Mary Hospital, which comprises an emergency department and medical pavilion, is adding...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 17, 2021 | News
Real estate developer US Federal Properties (Kansas City, Mo.), is planning the 237,000-square-foot VA San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas. Situated on 25 acres, the three-story facility will house consolidated services from multiple clinics throughout the region,...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 17, 2021 | News
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust (Poole, England) has started construction on a $10.7 million inpatient eating disorders unit on the campus of St Ann’s Hospital in Poole. The two-story project will include eight inpatient beds and two high-dependency...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 16, 2021 | News
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville (Ky.); integrated design firm SmithGroup (Detroit); and infrastructure consulting firm AECOM celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Louisville VA Medical Center in Louisville. The...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 16, 2021 | Trends
Here’s a highlight of some of the exhibitors and their new products that were on display at the 2021 Healthcare Design Conference + Expo, held Oct. 23-26 in Cleveland. Offerings ranged from furniture, flooring, and textile collections to behavioral health fixtures and...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 16, 2021 | Trends
Southern Ellis’ career has taken him around the globe, starting as a graduate student at Texas A&M, where his thesis project involved designing and building a hospital in a remote village in Tanzania. After graduating, he joined HKS in a fellowship role that...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 16, 2021 | News
Brookwood Baptist Medical Center in Homewood, Ala., broke ground on a new operating room (OR) project. The project will encompass 28,840 square feet across two floors and include 13 new ORs as well as administrative spaces. Completion is slated for early 2023. A...
by Anne DiNardo | Nov 15, 2021 | Trends
While every effort is made to design ligature-resistant space in psychiatric facilities, it’s important for projects to reduce opportunities for self-harm in the built environment. Private spaces including bathrooms, bedrooms, closets, and showers are areas of...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 15, 2021 | News
Engineering and professional services consultancy WSP USA (Montreal) has named Donald Procz to property and buildings healthcare business lead in the Northeast region. Procz has 34 years of engineering experience, mostly in the healthcare sector, and will be...
by Tracey Walker | Nov 15, 2021 | News
Willamette Surgery Center (WSC) in Salem, Ore., and Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics are partnering on a new outpatient surgery center in Salem. The facility will include six operating rooms (ORs), doubling WSC’s number of surgical suites. It’s expected to open in...
