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.

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 | Jul 23, 2021

The aggressive growth of Salas O'Brien, with CEO Darin Anderson

Engineering firm Salas O'Brien has made multiple acquisitions over the past two years to achieve its Be Local Everywhere business model. In this exclusive interview for HorizonTV, BD+C's John Caulfield sits down with the firm's Chairman and CEO, Darin Anderson, to discuss its business model.

The OptiView Narrow, for highlighting specific objects in a space.

Daylighting Designs | Jul 9, 2021

New daylighting diffusers come in three shape options

Solatube introduces its newest technology innovation to its commercial product line, the OptiView Shaping Diffusers.

University Buildings | Jul 1, 2021

Texas A&M University’s new Engineering Medicine program receives a new, unique space

EYP designed the project.

Flagler Health+ emergency department exterior

Healthcare Facilities | Jun 29, 2021

New Flagler Health+ Campus breaks ground in Durbin Park

Gresham Smith designed the project.

Rendering of expansion to Elliot Hospital's Emergency Department

Healthcare Facilities | Jun 25, 2021

Hospital serving New Hampshire’s largest metro is expanding its ED

A pandemic delay led the design-build team to rethink the addition’s reception, waiting, and triage areas.

Resiliency | Jun 24, 2021

Oceanographer John Englander talks resiliency and buildings [new on HorizonTV]

New on HorizonTV, oceanographer John Englander discusses his latest book, which warns that, regardless of resilience efforts, sea levels will rise by meters in the coming decades. Adaptation, he says, is the key to future building design and construction.