by Anne DiNardo | Sep 22, 2017 | Trends
Kari Thorsen LEED AP, Green Belt Lean Certification for Facilities Design, principal, ZGF Architects LLP (Seattle) WHO SHE IS: With 13 years of experience leading the planning and interior design of many of ZGF’s largest healthcare projects, Thorsen is well-versed in...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 22, 2017 | Trends
This past summer, I spent multiple days on an inpatient unit with an elderly family member who became temporarily delusional post-surgery. I subsequently learned upwards of 30 percent of older surgery patients experience some form of delirium or post-operative...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 22, 2017 | News
The venue for global design show ICFF Miami has changed. The event scheduled for Oct. 3-4 will now be held at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Originally planned for the Miami Beach Convention Center, the event had...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 21, 2017 | News
Haskell , a global architecture, engineering, construction and consulting firm, has appointed James ‘Jim’ O’Leary as president. He will retain his title as COO and take over day-to-day operations of the company effective immediately. O’Leary succeeds...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 21, 2017 | Trends
Jon Crane, FAIA, EDAC, LEED AP, senior vice president, director, translational health, HDR (Atlanta) WHO HE IS: In 1990, Crane contributed to the design of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York, where clinical and translational research efforts led to the...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 21, 2017 | News
Kadean Construction (St. Louis) has completed three ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) in Kansas and Wisconsin, and is starting construction on two more centers in Michigan and Indiana. The five centers are being built for SurgCenter Development (Towson, Md.), a...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 21, 2017 | Trends
Panos Lampsas, MBA, regional program manager, Sutter Health (San Francisco) WHO HE IS: Lampsas has worked in the construction industry for 30 years, starting as an assistant project manager on federal projects while going to school to earn a bachelor’s degree in...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 20, 2017 | News
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital has completed a $10.8 million renovation project. The new Whitaker Clinic houses primary care, dermatology, podiatry, rheumatology clinics, lab, and imaging. The facility, designed by Gresham, Smith and Partners,...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 20, 2017 | News
Inova Loudoun Hospital recently broke ground on the next phase of its $300 million master plan expansion at the hospital’s main campus in Leesburg, Va. The seven-story, 366,000-square-foot patient tower will offer private rooms, which will feature patient-centered...
by Anne DiNardo | Sep 19, 2017 | Projects
RWJ Barnabas Health had a puzzle to solve when expanding its Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, N.J. First, the project team, including architect Francis Cauffman (New York), general contractor Torcon (Red Bank, N.J.), and developer Rendina Healthcare Real...
