by Tracey Walker | Apr 1, 2020 | Projects
Children’s Hospital New Orleans partnered with Hogs for the Cause, a local nonprofit barbecue/music festival that supports families with children undergoing brain cancer treatment, to open the Hogs for the Cause Family Center. The 8,200-square-foot project renovated a...
by Tracey Walker | Apr 1, 2020 | News
The Medical University of South Carolina, in Charleston, S.C., has opened its $389 million children’s hospital after 17 years of planning and construction, according to an article in the Post and Courier. The 11-story, 650,000-square-foot Shawn Jenkins Children’s...
by Tracey Walker | Apr 1, 2020 | News
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare is planning a new medical center in Fort Mill, S.C., according to an article in The Post and Courier. The 200,000-square-foot, $150 million project will include an emergency department, med/surg unit, intensive care unit, and ancillary...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 31, 2020 | News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced an enhanced, focused inspection process for all inspectors and facilities to be used on a national scale. This process includes a self-assessment tool, developed in coordination with the Centers for...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 31, 2020 | News
Betsy Beaman, who resigned from her position as studio design principal at Stanley Beaman & Sears/EYP Architecture & Engineering (Atlanta) this past February, is planning to start her own firm, Goat Design, in Atlanta and Hilton Head Island, S.C. While details...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 30, 2020 | News
As healthcare organizations face an unprecedented need for safe and additional spaces for COVID-19 care, integrated design firm Facility Optimization of Solutions (FOS) of CannonDesign is offering pro-bono guidance for reopening vacant or decommissioned facilities in...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 30, 2020 | News
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans is being transformed into a site for coronavirus patients who have been treated and need to be isolated, according to an article in Nola.com. More than 1,100 beds are expected to be added to the convention center,...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 30, 2020 | Projects
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., embarked on a nine-phased expansion and renovation of its existing emergency department (ED), nearly doubling in size upon its completion in November 2019. The two-year transformation was initiated in...
by Tracey Walker | Mar 27, 2020 | News
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has information and resources that apply to crisis and emergency situations, like COVID-19, for healthcare facilities, first responders, and authorities having jurisdiction that apply to crisis situations. The set of...
by Jennifer Silvis | Mar 27, 2020 | News
TLC Engineering Solutions (Brentwood, Tenn.) is sharing a presentation with the industry to offer guidance on COVID-19 and how it might be transmitted as well as an action plan for facility operators. “Healthcare facility plant operations and maintenance directors and...
