by Robert McCune | Oct 31, 2024 | News
The Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre opened in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, according to a news release from the Alberta government. The approximately 2 million-square-foot facility consists of a seven-story podium and a six-story tower. It houses more than...
by Robert McCune | Oct 31, 2024 | News
Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., announced its new 15-story patient tower will be named Jim Ayers Tower in recognition of Janet and Jim Ayers’ philanthropic legacy and efforts to improve healthcare in the state, according to a news release....
by Robert McCune | Oct 30, 2024 | News
Architecture and design firm KAI Design (St. Louis) hired Nicholas Simmerman as a project manager in its Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, office, according to a news release. Simmerman is responsible for ensuring overall profitability and customer satisfaction as well as...
by Robert McCune | Oct 30, 2024 | News
TriHealth (Cincinnati) has started construction on a new tower at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, according to local12.com. The 5-story, 168,000-square-foot project will add a new emergency department (ED), enhanced surgical institute, and clinical services....
by HCD Guest Author | Oct 30, 2024 | Trends
The healthcare industry is caught in a perpetual struggle against escalating costs—in patient care, staffing, services, and construction. Consider California: Even before the pandemic, the state’s hospitals operated on razor-thin margins, with an average profit margin...
by Robert McCune | Oct 29, 2024 | News
Rady Children’s Hospital is on track to open a 7-story tower expansion to its San Diego campus in 2028, according to San Diego Magazine. The new tower will house 140 intensive care unit (ICU) beds and four operating rooms, doubling the size of the emergency department...
by Robert McCune | Oct 29, 2024 | News
Medical City Fort Worth is planning a $37 million expansion to the hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, according to fortworthreport.com. The project will add a cardiac catheterization lab and four operating rooms to the 378-bed hospital. Construction is expected to begin...
by Robert McCune | Oct 28, 2024 | News
Two years after opening the new UNC Health Rex Cancer Center in Raleigh, N.C., BSA LifeStructures (Indianapolis), the architecture and design team on the project, and owner UNC Health (Chapel Hill, N.C.) conducted a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) to consider the...
by Robert McCune | Oct 28, 2024 | News
Columbia Memorial Hospital held a groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion of the hospital in Astoria, Ore., according to a news release. The project will more than triple the size of the hospital from 56,000 square feet to 182,000 square feet, including expansion of...
by Tracey Walker | Oct 28, 2024 | Projects
West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto West Park Healthcare Centre was founded as a tuberculosis sanitarium in 1904 on a 27-acre campus with the outdoors as its main therapeutic treatment. The facility’s foundational services include tuberculosis and respiratory care...
