by HCD Guest Author | Sep 9, 2009 | News
Several years ago when my husband and I were in Hangzhou, China, to adopt our daughter, we visited a local hospital to treat an ear infection that she had developed. I was struck by the differences between U.S. hospitals and Chinese hospitals in this community along...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 8, 2009 | News
For the healthcare design professional, specifying a patient room color palette is a little like color forecasting: specifying surface and furnishing colorations that will remain trendy for several years but yet still be consistent with the latest design-related,...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 7, 2009 | News
As we enter September of 2009 and the architecture and construction markets continue to fluctuate, our firm is… 44.44% – Beginning to see more business 33.33% – Still finding new projects difficult to come by 22.22% – Still being affected...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 3, 2009 | News
We get a lot of questions from new clients about creating a successful facility management plan. Here are three things that every organization should know before meeting with a facility management company: 1. Your Organization’s Vision The most important thing for any...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 2, 2009 | News
When designing or renovating a facility, we get input from… 0.00% – Patients and families 26.00% – Physicians and nurses 74.00% – All of the aforementioned parties 0.00% – We don’t find it necessary or helpful to get their input...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 2, 2009 | News
Planning to expand your healthcare facility? Careful construction planning is necessary to ensure a smoothly executed project in a fully occupied facility with active MEP systems and a lot of daily activity that cannot be disrupted. Last week, I offered some...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 1, 2009 | News
Has the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act returned any new orders, contracts, hiring, or other changes in your company?10.42% – Yes81.25% – No8.33% – Not yet, but we expect it toCOMMENTS- Still waiting for the trickle down. – The American...
by HCD Guest Author | Aug 31, 2009 | News
This project not available for online viewing.
