Take Another Look at your Capital Plan for Construction
from AHA News
The picture for hospital capital projects is bleak. The recession has caused hospitals’ investment portfolios to shrink, patient demand to slide and made the ability to obtain financing difficult. More

Capital Costs and Life Cycle Goals
from Healthcare Construction & Operations News
Many U.S. hospitals are experiencing precipitous declines in their ability to fund construction as a result of the credit crisis and recession. Building a health care facility in today’s economy takes courage. It also takes the foresight of health care decision-makers and designers to understand the delicate balance between the capital cost demands of the present and the life cycle and operational needs of the future. More

Jones Lang LaSalle Says Nonprofit Health Care Providers Turn to Real Estate for Liquidity and to Preserve Capital
from Building Design and Construction
Long considered to be stable investments immune to recession, hospitals and other health care facilities are now feeling the effects of a cash-strapped economy as decreased charitable contributions are forcing non-profit hospitals to pare back and seek new financing sources, according to Jones Lang LaSalle's 2009 Healthcare Real Estate Financing Outlook. More

Construction Completed at Three Kaiser Facilities
from Healthcare Construction & Operations News
Construction was recently completed at several Kaiser Permanente facilities in California. The new $385 million Downey Regional Medical Center, near Los Angeles, was completed five months earlier than expected with the design-build delivery method, according to construction manager McCarthy Building Companies. More

Alegent Health Chooses Darland for Surgery Center Construction
from REjournals.com
Tackling another project for Alegent Health, Omaha-based Darland has been selected to provide comprehensive construction management services for a new ambulatory surgery center in Omaha. More

SCCH Replacement Hospital on Track for Construction
from Mountain States Health Alliance
A new replacement facility for Smyth County Community Hospital is coming closer to reality as local health care officials announced this week they have created a Design/Build Team from health care construction experts. More

Listening & Learning
from Healthcare Construction & Operations News
When it came time for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC to upgrade its facilities, planners set out with one core goal in mind: improve the experience of everyone who sets foot inside. More

Boston Medical Center and Johnson Controls Recognized for Energy Efficiency Project
from Medical Construction & Design
Boston Medical Center and Johnson Controls were honored by the New England Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) for the Best Energy Project – Medical Facilities based on their significant energy savings from the infrastructure renewal and energy conservation improvements at Boston Medical Center. The recognition noted their accomplishment of $1.2 million in energy savings during 2008. More

Tellepsen Wins Award for Most Outstanding Construction Project
from Medical Construction & Design
Tellepsen, the fourth-generation Houston commercial and industrial builder celebrating its centennial this year, has been recognized for excellence in its construction of the Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute with the Project of the Year for Buildings over $75 million award, presented annually by the Texas Building Branch-Association of General Contractors (AGC) Outstanding Construction Awards (OCA). More

Mendota Hospital Renovation Would Cost $6.5M, not $3.4M, Contractors Say
from Wisconsin State Journal
State contractors say it will cost almost $6.5 million to renovate a run-down, historic hospital building on the Mendota Mental Health Institute campus — twice as much as what a Madison affordable housing developer projected. More