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University Hospitals Opens Seidman Cancer Center

Published 9/30/2011

University Hospitals opened the $260 million Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland in September of 2011. The freestanding facility houses 150 private patient rooms, outpatient care, and the Goodman Discovery Center for Clinical Research. The 10-story, 375,000-sf building is designed to support translational research and provides comprehensive cancer diagnosis and treatment. The Seidman Center features advanced imaging technologies including a PET/MRI machine and two linear accelerators. The facility also houses a robotic surgical suite.

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MaineGeneral Medical Center Breaks Ground on Augusta Hospital

Published 9/28/2011

MaineGeneral Medical Center broke ground on a $312 million hospital in Augusta in September of 2011. The 640,000-sf facility will house 192 private patient rooms, technology-rich operating rooms, an emergency department, and a 300-seat education center for conferences and events. Completion is expected in summer of 2014. 

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Reading Hospital and Medical Center Builds Surgical Facility

Published 9/27/2011

Reading Hospital and Medical Center will build a $189 million surgical facility in West Reading, Pa. The 250,000-sf building will house 24 technology-rich surgical suites. The project is designed to improve surgical throughput by creating efficiencies and implementing best practices. Ground will be broken on the facility by early 2012 with completion expected in mid-2014.

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UCLA Medical System Dedicates Santa Monica Hospital

Published 9/23/2011

UCLA Medical System dedicated a $572 million hospital in Santa Monica in September of 2011. Comprising five interconnected buildings, the facility provides 266 inpatient beds, an emergency center, a birthing center, surgical suites, and both pediatric and adult intensive care units. The hospital will also support medical education with a 90-seat auditorium equipped for remote viewing of procedures. The facility was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects to support translational research.

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Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Builds Olive Branch Hospital

Published 9/15/2011

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare will break ground in October of 2011 on a $137 million hospital in Olive Branch, Miss. The four-story, 100-bed facility will be built to achieve LEED sustainable design certification. The integrated design and construction team for the project includes Gresham, Smith and PartnersSmith Seckman Reid, and Turner Construction. The hospital will implement LEAN and evidence-based design principles to maximize operational effectiveness and patient well-being.

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St. Francis Hospital Initiates Expansion

Published 9/12/2011

St. Francis Hospital will break ground in October of 2011 on a $110 million expansion in Columbus, Ga. The project includes a four-story, 189,131-sf clinical services building and a four-story, 169,000-sf medical office building. The expansion will provide a total of 230 private rooms, a women's health center, and seven operating rooms. The general contractor is Skanska USA Building. Completion is expected in early 2013.

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Slidell Memorial Hospital Plans Emergency and Cardiology Expansion

Published 9/11/2011

Slidell Memorial Hospital has awarded KLMK Group the project management contract for a 56,000-sf emergency room and cardiology expansion in Slidell, La. Construction will begin in March 2012 and reach completion in June of 2013. The project will support quicker patient admittance, assessment, and discharge, as well as providing additional private inpatient rooms.

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Terrebonne Medical Center Opens Cancer Facility

Published 9/8/2011

Terrebonne General Medical Center will open the $14.8 million Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Care Center in September of 2011. Located in Houma, La., the three-story, 49,000-sf comprehensive cancer facility will provide surgery, oncology, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, inpatient care, and space for clinical research trials. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the project, which features energy efficient building systems and enhanced indoor air quality. The center was built by McDonnel Group of Metairie. 

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Pasteur Hospital 2 Under Construction in Nice

Published 9/7/2011

The $500 million Pasteur Hospital 2 is under construction in Nice, France. The 871,876-sf academic medical center will provide 730 beds in primarily private rooms. The hospital will include a cardiovascular center, a neuroscience clinic, a urology unit, research space, and a medical school. The first phase will open in mid-2013 with full occupancy expected in March of 2014.

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Torrance Memorial Medical Center Builds Replacement Tower

Published 9/7/2011

Torrance Memorial Medical Center is building a $300 million replacement tower in Torrance, Calif. Construction began on the facility in February of 2010 with completion expected in November of 2014. The project team includes HMC Architects and McCarthy Building Companies.

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Virtua Opens Voorhees Hospital

Published 9/2/2011

The 680,000-sf Virtua Voorhees Hospital opened in September of 2011 in Voorhees, N.J.  Providing 368 beds in private rooms, the $463 million facility was designed using Six Sigma and LEAN principles to promote optimal integration of workflow and patient care processes. Virtua Voorhees houses facilities for emergency care, ambulatory surgery, pediatrics, neuroscience, cardiology, oncology, women's services, and imaging.

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Energy-Saving Strategy for Operating Rooms Released

Published 8/29/2011

The American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association has published a monograph titled Operating Room HVAC Setback Strategies. The monograph, which is part of a series of publications that cover single topics in clinical/biomedical engineering, facility engineering, design and construction, and safety and security management, details how operating room HVAC setback strategies can save energy. An operating room (OR) setback strategy reduces energy use by curtailing the amount of air supplied to an OR when the room is not in use.

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Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center Opens in Gilbert

Published 8/29/2011

The $109 million Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center will open in September of 2011 in Gilbert, Ariz. The 133,000-sf outpatient facility will offer collaborative, integrated treatment for all types of cancers. The center will support 75 physicians. 

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Texas A&M Health Science Center Implements Enterprise Asset Management Software

Published 8/27/2011

Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAM HSC) has successfully implemented AssetWorks' AiM™ software solution. The implementation includes the systematic organization of design and construction digital data representing all the facility assets for TAM HSC. The AssetWorks Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system was implemented meeting or exceeding all target metrics of system performance, timing, and cost.

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