by HCD Guest Author | Jan 11, 2010 | News
As we enter a new year, what is your primary concern? 50.00% – The economy 13.16% – Finding qualified staff 2.63% – Finishing existing projects 31.58% – Finding new clients 2.63% – Increased...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 6, 2010 | News
"You open it, you own it" is a principle well-known to contractors who do hospital renovations. From the moment that you cautiously pop open that first ceiling tile and spray water onto any mold particles lurking there, you become the owner of whatever you...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 5, 2010 | News
Continuing with the topic of customer service, this post will address the community around a project. The Lynn Cancer Institute was constructed around three surrounding communities that lie within 50 feet of the building’s foot print. The project team recognized...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 5, 2010 | News
Case study I: You’re a patient. You just had a full hip replacement and you are in a hospital room large enough for one patient but it is a double room. There is no window, a door for the bathroom, a door for the closet and limited wall space to hang the get well...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 4, 2010 | News
Has the increased preference for integrated design and construction given your company more or less responsibility as a contractor/builder?83.33% – More0.00% – Less16.67% – Our responsibilities have simply changed
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 4, 2010 | News
In a world where user-generated content and online Wikis are the norm, architect design firm Perkins+Will is making an attempt to make sustainability and healthy environments more easily achieved with the creation of its Precautionary List. Though not a proper Wiki—a...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 4, 2010 | News
Have you seen owners more proactive about finishing projects on schedule and avoiding change orders because of the economy? 16.00% – Yes, so much so that they incentivized contractors 16.00% – Yes, but they didn’t take many extra steps to ensure the...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 1, 2010 | News
The Nightingale Awards are the industry’s first and most prestigious healthcare-product design competition. Sponsored by Contract magazine in association with The Center for Health Design and Vendome Group, LLC (publishers of HEALTHCARE DESIGN) and judged by a...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 1, 2010 | News
The last few years have set the stage for enormous change. As the economy stabilizes in this new decade the beat of daily life will find a new rhythm. What will your rhythm be? Will you come out of this a changed person or will you become an agent for change? At the...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 1, 2010 | News
In many respects, sustainable design and the creation of healthy healing environments should not be seen as a new phenomenon. Its origins date back more than a millennium and can be found in the imperative set forth in the Hippocratic oath calling on physicians to...
