has announced that Adam R. Bare, PE, LEED AP; Kristen R. Kuipers, CTS-I; C. Donald Latham, Jr., RCDD, CPP; Theodore Mowinski, II, PE, LEED AP; and Donald L. Walker, PE, RCDD, have been named associate partners in the firm.

Stanislav M. Chertin, PE; Lynda B. Herrig, PE, LEED AP; Julia C. Neville, LC, LEED AP, and Thomas Trask have been named senior associates.

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Although a handful of free-standing women's hospitals are serving women in select urban centers around the country, much more so, healthcare developers have embraced the concept of the women's pavilion….

Something in the shade of clear may be in order—that is, healthcare facilities that are carbon neutral, water balance, and zero-waste, or that even give back resources to the environment. The challenge calls for buildings that breath, and dedicated teams that dream beyond green, say Perkins+Will architects Michelle Halle Stern, AIA, PE, LEED AP (below), and Robin Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP (left),

Project category: Addition (completed July 2009)

Chief administrator: Julie Schaffner, Chief Operating Offi cer & Chief Nurse Executive, (847) 723-2210

Firm: Cannon Design, (312) 332-9600

Design team: Gregory A. Heiser, AIA, EDAC, Project Director/Principal; Randolph Guillot, AIA, LEED AP, Design Principal; Jocelyn Stroupe, IIDA, AAHID, EDAC, Interior Design Principal; Geoffrey

For decades, residents of Johnson City, Tennessee, and its neighboring communities had been served by three hospitals that came to be an integral part of the local fabric, for both the patients who visited them and the staff members who worked there. However, Mountain States Health Alliance determined that two of them were too inefficient to maintain and opted to plan a new replacement hospital.

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The Southeast Division of McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. announces their selection as Construction Manager by The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District for the Winn Army Hospital renovation project in Fort Stewart, Ga. Construction on the $23-million fixed-price contract is slated to start July 2011. The Winn Army Hospital serves soldiers and their family members,

Furniture Trends: Green Certifications Get More ComprehensiveChanges are on the horizon for third-party green product certification initiatives.

By Stowe Hartridge-Beam and Nick Kordesch
Published in the May 2011 issue of Today’s Facility Manager

Facility managers (fms) are familiar with green labeling programs, but there are key changes on

Professional Development: Not Only Money Is GreenTony Rankin explains how many aspects of sustainable design translate into substantial savings for budgets as well.

By Tony Rankin
Published in the May 2011 issue of Today’s Facility Manager

The sustainable design trend is moving across the country and around the world. Although the WGBC (World

Market conditions continued to improve for landscape architecture firms, with firm leaders reporting renewed optimism for billable hours, inquiries, and hiring in Q1 2011 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Business Quarterly survey.

More than two-thirds of firm leaders (67.9%) reported stable or higher billable hours in the

Opened in October 2010, the new $260-million Rady Children’s Hospital Acute Care Pavilion, located in San Diego, California, officially has been LEED certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Built by McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., the 279,000-square-foot facility is the first acute care hospital in the state to meet