by HCD Guest Author | Dec 18, 2018 | News
Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. (SSR), a engineering firm, has acquired Strategic Hospital Resources (SHR), an Atlanta-based medical equipment planning firm. SSR will immediately combine operations with the global FF&E (furniture, fixtures, and equipment) planning and...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 18, 2018 | Trends
As Hurricane Michael made landfall in Panama City, Fla., this past October, entire communities were levelled, their infrastructure destroyed. Within 48 hours, 10 hospitals planned to evacuate patients or had already done so, as did about two dozen nursing homes and...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 18, 2018 | News
Don Sedgley joins E4H Environments for Health Architecture as associate partner. He was most recently President and COO with the Novant Health UVA Health System. Sedgley has 28 years of diverse experience and leads client relationships and advocacy. The senior...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 18, 2018 | News
Stamford Health recently received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Healthcare Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its 650,000-square-foot Stamford Hospital on the Bennett Medical Center campus in Stamford, Conn. The facility is...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 17, 2018 | News
Arlen Li, AIA, LEED BD+C, has joined Wilson HGA as associate vice president, senior architect, and science planner in the Boston office. He brings expertise on science building design to augment the firm’s national Science and Technology practice. Li has more than 35...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 17, 2018 | Trends
Three times a year, a small group of senior-level executives from some of the larger healthcare systems in the U.S. get together as part of The Center for Health Design’s Built Environment Network (BEN). Together, they strategize with colleagues and share their...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 17, 2018 | News
Greg Foster has joined EYP Architecture and Engineering as senior project manager and will be based in the company’s Dallas office. In this role, he will oversee project management and development for the firm’s healthcare clients. Foster joins EYP with more than 19...
by Anne DiNardo | Dec 17, 2018 | Projects
Medical City Women’s Hospital Dallas recently expanded its 261,011-square-foot, 222-bed facility, which addresses women’s healthcare needs in a serene, luxurious setting. The five-story vertical expansion, completed in March 2018, brings a full-service children’s...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 17, 2018 | News
The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital has completed a build-out of the ninth floor. The project features approximately 23,000 square-feet of new lab space. The expansion consists of building general lab areas,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Dec 14, 2018 | Trends
Journey mapping has grown in popularity in healthcare planning because it can serve as a versatile tool to understand how and what provokes emotions along specific touch points during a visit to a healthcare facility. The purpose of journey mapping is to capture these...
