Healthcare facilities today face significant challenges when it comes to implementing environmentally sustainable building design. Because hospitals are 24/7 operations, it's often difficult to operate an energy-efficient hospital, while adhering to strict code requirements. Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach, one of four hospitals that make up the Southern California MemorialCare Health...

in Vincennes, Indiana, unveiled a master facility plan study incorporating an expansion and enhancement program that would include a five-story state-of-the-art inpatient pavilion, redesign of key healthcare service areas, and an upgrade of the hospital’s critical engineering systems. The initial priorities to be addressed in the master facility plan include: • Enhancing the Cardiac Center of...

The Methodist Medical Center of Illinois (MMCI) in Peoria is going through a major campus restoration, and Chicago-based Lillibridge, one of the nation’s largest private healthcare real estate firms, has been hired as the hospital’s project manager. Lillibridge will manage all of the aspects of the campus redevelopment including a 180-bed hospital addition, a community pavilion, and a parking deck...

Silver certification, and is the latest step in the implementation of a hospital master plan that RTKL completed in 2006. Construction on the bed pavilion is slated to begin in spring 2009, with an anticipated completion in fall 2011. Currently under construction in preparation for the bed pavilion is a 360-car parking lot and an expansion of the existing imaging department. The imaging department...

Issue Date: Winter 2010, Posted On: 1/1/2010 Bringing the Design-Build Advantage to Healthcare ConstructionAn inside look at some projects achieved with today’s hot delivery method by Susan Hines The current economic recession has forced everyone, from ordinary consumers to captains of finance and industry to examine their purchasing practices more closely. The design and construction...

Photo credit: © Tim GriffithAn exterior view of the new Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion at University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California. The existing facility is visible beyond. Shading devices over low-E glass minimize solar heat gain in Sacramento’s Mediterranean climate.With the fifth highest volume of critical trauma admissions in the nation, University...

The University of Colorado Hospital will be holding a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the $400 million expansion on Tuesday, May 24, at the Anschutz Medical Campus. The expansion will include a second inpatient 12-story tower, increased patient care facilities to the Anschutz Cancer Pavilion, and new parking structures for patients, visitors, and employees. The expansion will bring 1,400...

• Be a good steward for the local community. The proposed project is estimated to cost $100 million. The study outlined the work in the facility plan to be completed in five phases. The first would be to build a 200,000-square-foot, 120-bed inpatient pavilion. The following phases would include construction of an energy center, renovations of the Columbian Towers, and health pavilion….

• Be a good steward for the local community. The proposed project is estimated to cost $100 million. The study outlined the work in the facility plan to be completed in five phases. The first would be to build a 200,000-square-foot, 120-bed inpatient pavilion. The following phases would include construction of an energy center, renovations of the Columbian Towers, and health pavilion….

• Be a good steward for the local community. The proposed project is estimated to cost $100 million. The study outlined the work in the facility plan to be completed in five phases. The first would be to build a 200,000-square-foot, 120-bed inpatient pavilion. The following phases would include construction of an energy center, renovations of the Columbian Towers, and health pavilion….