by HCD Guest Author | Aug 15, 2018 | News
The Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation, operated by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, has started construction work on an expansion project in Burkesville, Va. The facility will feature expanded treatment facilities as...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 13, 2018 | News
It’s no small feat to build a 3.5 million-square-foot hospital and even more difficult to get it right. But the team behind Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) managed to do just that. With Phase 1 completed in September 2017, the $2 billion project...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 13, 2018 | Trends
Some may wonder if there’s anything new or creative in healthcare design. Are we seeing breakaway solutions in response to the changing medical and technological environment, or are we rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic? This question was the inspiration for a...
by Anne DiNardo | Aug 13, 2018 | Projects
Sunshine coast university Hospital (SCUH) opened in September 2016 in Queensland, Australia. At 1.9 million square feet, it’s the country’s largest nonreplacement greenfield project to date. But it wasn’t its size that wowed our jurors; they lauded the project for its...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 10, 2018 | Trends
Healthcare projects today, whether they’re inpatient or outpatient settings, are fueled by client goals of achieving flexibility and reduced cost. In the design and construction world, the latest trend to answer those combined needs isn’t new at all—rather, it’s a new...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 10, 2018 | News
Scott Laoboonmi, Associate AIA, has joined HGA as an associate vice president and project manager in the Los Angeles office. Laoboonmi has more than 15 years of experience focused on healthcare design. His expertise includes architectural design, space planning,...
by Jennifer Silvis | Aug 9, 2018 | News, Projects
The $550 million Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago is a replacement facility for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, a place where adults and children seek care for complex conditions resulting from traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, stroke, amputation, and...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 9, 2018 | News
Construction is now complete on the new four-story Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Aurora, Colo. The new facility replaces the original hospital in Denver. The 1.2 million square-foot hospital, located on a 31-acre site, provides...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 9, 2018 | News
Gresham, Smith and Partners (GS&P) welcomes three senior Healthcare leaders to the firm, adding an office presence in Chicago and supporting the firm’s Healthcare market growth strategy. Dan White, AIA, LEED AP, CLGB, joins as a senior vice president. He...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 8, 2018 | News
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland recently opened its new outpatient center in Oakland, Calif., to patients. Designed in partnership by HDR and Taylor Design, the new six-story facility adds 89,000 square feet of exam rooms, treatment facilities, and...
