Hospital construction costs for 2024
Data from Gordian breaks down the average cost per square foot for a three-story hospital across 10 U.S. cities.
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Healthcare Facilities
Advancing Healthcare: Medical Office Buildings at the Forefront of Access and Safety
This article explores the pivotal shift from traditional hospital settings to Medical Office Buildings (MOBs), focusing on how these facilities enhance patient access. Discover the key drivers of this transformation, including technological advancements, demographic trends, and a growing emphasis on integrated, patient-centered care. Learn how MOBs are not only adapting to modern healthcare demands but are also leveraging modern access control and safety innovations.
Architects
Emerging considerations in inclusive design
Design elements that consider a diverse population of users make lives better. When it comes to wayfinding, some factors will remain consistent—including accessibility and legibility.
Healthcare Facilities
Mexico’s ‘premier private academic health center’ under design
The design and construction contract for what is envisioned to be “the premier private academic health center in Mexico and Latin America” was recently awarded to The Beck Group. The TecSalud Health Sciences Campus will be located at Tec De Monterrey’s flagship healthcare facility, Zambrano Hellion Hospital, in Monterrey, Mexico.
Healthcare Facilities
From hospitals to research facilities, healthcare buildings are essential to the health of the world’s population, as well as medical innovation. Designing these structures requires a delicate balance of technical requirements with the needs of doctors and patients, but when done right, these designs can save lives.
Contractors | Apr 26, 2018
At Boston University’s dental school, ‘under construction’ won’t mean ‘closed for business’
A major renovation and addition are scheduled to minimize operational disruption.
Healthcare Facilities | HDR | Apr 24, 2018
The ins and outs of inmate healthcare
Research has shown that inmates are getting older and sicker.
Healthcare Facilities | HMC Architects | Apr 20, 2018
Revamping pharmacies for public safety and compliance
Released in February 2016, the latest standards of the United States Pharmacopeia’s Chapter 800 Pharmaceutical Compounding—Sterile Preparations builds on earlier regulations set forth by USP 797.
Healthcare Facilities | Apr 16, 2018
JE Dunn Construction and Hoefer Wysocki Architects selected for Sheppard Air Force Base Medical/Dental Clinic design-build contract
The project is targeting LEED Silver certification.
Healthcare Facilities | Gensler | Mar 28, 2018
Sound health: How tranquility rooms can heal caregivers
Sound can also be healing. It promotes a culture of quietness and enhances environments, not just for patients but also for caretakers.
Healthcare Facilities | Mar 19, 2018
New York’s only freestanding pediatric health facility completed on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
Shepley Bulfinch designed the project.
Healthcare Facilities | DLR Group | Mar 5, 2018
Four tips for designing the hospital of the future
What exactly is the hospital of future? Or more specifically, what is the future of healthcare design?
Healthcare Facilities | HDR | Feb 28, 2018
Healthcare operations: The good and bad of the ‘visit per room per day’ metric
Merely pursuing a high “visit per room per day” metric may drive up other resource needs and, in turn, raise operational costs, writes HDR's Zhanting Gao.
Healthcare Facilities | Feb 21, 2018
New $412 million advanced research center hopes to attract scientists and clinicians in pediatric biomedical research
The Crump Firm is designing the project.
Healthcare Facilities | Feb 16, 2018
Cancer centers' 'one-stop shop'
Healthcare systems ask their AEC partners for design flexibility that is adjustable to advances in medicine and technology.
