Interior Design - June 2021
New Hospital To Incorporate Lessons from COVID-19
Some of hospital’s 700 private rooms will be able to quickly convert to intensive care rooms
6/30/2021
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COVID-19 Reshapes Hospital Expansion
Design-build team redesigned reception, waiting room, and triage areas and added rapid treatment area
6/29/2021
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Hospital Expansion Spotlights Flexible Spaces
Unit is designed with private universal rooms to flex between increasing demand for intensive care and step-down beds
6/25/2021
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Construction Trends: Prefabrication, Infrastructure Upgrades
New report combines healthcare construction trends, challenges and insights from industry experts
6/25/2021
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Texas Cancer Center Breaks Ground
Facility will include 30,000 square feet of clinic space for medical oncology, radiation oncology, and gynecologic oncology services
6/24/2021
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UC Irvine Gets OK for $1 Billion Hospital Campus
Campus will house 144-bed acute care facility, ambulatory care center and cancer center
6/23/2021
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UC-Davis Construction Addresses Seismic Demands
Square footage of new hospital will be nearly double to accomodate more private rooms
6/22/2021
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Nationwide Children’s To Spend $3.3 Billion on Construction, Expansion
Spending will come over next five years to build 12-story inpatient tower, three other facilities
6/22/2021
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Hospital's Renovation, Expansion Focus on Patients and Families
New facility will feature behavioral health design
6/21/2021
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Case Study: Revamped Hospital Meets Space Needs
Solution involved relocating and enlarging main entrance, reconfiguring hospital’s interior and adding a parking garage
6/21/2021
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Twice as Nice: Hospital To Double Bed Count
Expansion will add 200,000 square feet, more than double number of beds, and renovate and expand surgical and other facilities
6/18/2021
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Ronald McDonald House in Hotel Links to Hospital
First-ever Ronald McDonald House designed and built for hotel has opened
6/18/2021
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Health-Housing Project Targets Community Needs
3.7-acre complex is designed to increase access to healthcare and affordable housing for area’s most vulnerable
6/17/2021
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Seismic Shift: System Opts To Build New, Not Retrofit
Retrofitting existing facility would cost about as much as building new hospital
6/17/2021
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COVID-19 Influences Hospitals’ Upgrades
Lessons learned during pandemic applied to building overhauls, including need for patient privacy and expanded digital capabilities
6/17/2021
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New Hospital’s Design Process Embraces Real Life
Architects, nurses and physicians collaborate to refine design of critical rooms at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital
6/16/2021
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Hospital’s Construction Delayed Over COVID-19
Plans for new $240 million facility have been delayed again
6/15/2021
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Which State Just Opened Its First New Hospital in 30 Years?
$543 million hospital has been more than a decade in planning
6/14/2021
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Hospital Upgrades Reflect Impact of COVID-19
Facility to offer more single-occupancy rooms to decrease potential for spread of disease
6/11/2021
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Training for Savings: Technicians as Energy Troubleshooters
HVAC mechanics familiar with troubleshooting faulty equipment were taught how to spot energy inefficiencies in system operations
6/11/2021
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Expanded Medical Center Tackles Seismic Requirements
Building sits on 126 base isolators, which allow it to accommodate movement during a seismic event
6/9/2021
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COVID-19 Fallout: Facilities That Can Flex
Planning for adaptability is one solution to future emergency situations
6/9/2021
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Flexible Design for Hospitals of the Future — Today
Challenges from COVID-19 provide roadmap to help hospitals prepare for when — not if — next pandemic occurs
6/8/2021
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Location, Location, Location: The Impact on Patient Care
Researchers used tracking chips to investigate the way facility layout affects patient care
6/8/2021
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Hurricanes Influence New Hospital’s Construction
New structure replaces original Fishermen’s Community Hospital, which was severely damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017
6/7/2021
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Infection Control and Interior Design: Making a Connection
Rethinking facility design to limit transmission of infections
6/7/2021
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$2 Billion Hospital Expansion Resumes for UPMC
Plans include heart and transplant hospital and cancer hospital
6/3/2021
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Cutting the Construction-Infection Connection
Construction firms paying more attention to control and mitigation of potential airborne contaminants
6/3/2021
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Lean Design: Preventing Infection During Construction
Strategy helps protect workers and materials from potential interaction with pathogens
6/2/2021
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Mastering the Art (and Science) of Site Selection
Environments in which patients receive care are evolving, and process of developing new healthcare facilities must change
6/2/2021
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Las Vegas Hospital Launches $82 Million Expansion
Expansion will include five-story patient tower and include additional emergency department space
6/1/2021
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