Feed Editor Lite 18 Feb 2009 15:38:30 GMT www.multibriefs.com/briefs/ashe/building.xml en While medical real estate is often seen as recessionproof, hospitals and health care institutions still have strong reason to control construction costs. A case in point: The first free-standing hospital project in New York State in more than two decades, according to the state’s Department of Health, is being built in Middletown, using an unusual construction method to cut costs by almost a third. 22 Apr 2009 14:45:52 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/realestate/commercial/15hospital.html 548F0E2C-0E88-425D-9C25-17D17F03E9D8 If you are planning on attending this premier conference for all health care facilities management professionals, you need to make your hotel reservation today while rooms are available. ASHE has negotiated special rates at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel. Attend to hear about the changes coming as a result of revisions to NFPA 99, NFPA 110, NFPA 111, ASHRAE Health Care Standards, the 2010 Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities, and the Joint Commission Standards from nationally known speakers including Joe Flower, George Mills, Stephen Mayfield, Susan McLaughlin and Douglas Erickson. A Healthcare Construction Certificate program will be held August 3-4 in conjunction with the conference. By attending this HCC program you will earn your certificate while experiencing many of the highlights of the Annual Conference. Registration for the HCC program, as well as the Annual Conference, can be done through Annual Conference Web site. 22 Apr 2009 14:45:52 GMT http://www.ashe.org/ashe/annual/ C822B658-3544-4E8B-8581-E85447414339 Joint Commission Environment of Care (EC) compliance and process documentation requirements are becoming increasingly rigorous, driving investments in improvements and monitoring. Moreover, this comes at a time when health care facilities face rising or fluctuating costs for fuel, services, materials and employee expenses. 22 Apr 2009 14:45:51 GMT http://www.hfmmagazine.com/hfmmagazine_app/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=HFMMAGAZINE/Article/data/04APR2009/0904HFM_FEA_Infrastructure&domain=HFMMAGAZINE EA2CAFD6-16D5-4ACC-90E9-0680E1166E49 You couldn’t blame the team at Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend for bragging—the brand-new facility in Springfield, Oregon just claimed this year’s Vista Award for New Construction, an annual prize bestowed by the American Society of Healthcare Engineering. 22 Apr 2009 14:45:51 GMT http://www.interiordesign.net/article/CA6651935.html D6CD863F-86C2-41E2-9B41-81C4DC538075 NG Bailey has been appointed by BAM Construction to deliver all mechanical, electrical and information communication technology (ICT) services for Great Ormond Street Hospital’s new clinical building. 22 Apr 2009 14:45:51 GMT http://www.heatingandventilating.net/news/news.asp?id=6252&title=NG+Bailey+wins+Great+Ormond+Street+Hospital+project AA38BE12-DAF0-48F5-B41C-580A6E09B906 The addition rising by Portland Shriners Hospital looks like it fell prey to mischievous middle-schoolers -- or maybe the fun-loving, fez-sporting Shriners themselves. Bright orange handprints and hot pink hearts are spray-painted on the thick metal trusses, along with at least a dozen names in orange, green and blue: Lilly, Kelly, Emolyn, Santos, Ja Shayla. 22 Apr 2009 14:45:50 GMT http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/04/portland_shriners_hospital_add.html 91016AA9-7851-4A66-AD7E-543802671A3F After years of planning and delays, dirt actually is turning at Claiborne and Tulane avenues for a cancer research center to be operated by Louisiana State, Tulane and Xavier universities. 22 Apr 2009 14:45:50 GMT http://www.nola.com/news/?/base/news-1/1239859227107630.xml&coll=1 9AB7EC78-E8CD-4886-89B1-911629D4132C Massena Memorial Hospital will open its MRI and nuclear imaging facilities and two updated maternity units in its $5.5 million building addition in the next two weeks. With that project done, the hospital is developing plans for a $20 million addition on the southeast part of the building. 22 Apr 2009 14:45:50 GMT http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090415/NEWS05/304159992/-1/NEWS 2ACCB315-581E-4C3A-A3B7-844402E1691E