While reflecting on factors that made recent projects successful, one area of importance came to mind: the Mechanical Equipment Room (MER). Many architects may not consider this an area of...
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Topics: Healthcare Design, mechanical equipment rooms, MER
While at my previous firm, one of our clients acquired an industrial building next to their hospital with the intention of converting it to a 300-bed inpatient hospital. The building had a large..
Topics: Healthcare Design, future flexibility
Large healthcare organizations that are actively merging with and/or acquiring facilities, as well as building new ground-up facilities for better healthcare offerings, need to consider overall..
Topics: Facility Planning, Healthcare Design, Master Planning, Adaptability, Design Approach
I blogged previously on the inspirational experience that I had with my design cohorts as we explored our city and absorbed design cues during Mannington's Design Local event in Philadelphia
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Topics: Design Local, Healthcare Design
As healthcare systems continue to expand and evolve, a new challenge has emerged. Facilities, whether newly built or newly acquired, are bringing additional resources into the system. These new..
Topics: Facility Planning, Healthcare Design, Master Planning, Adaptability
In a previous lifetime, I worked for a large architecture firm that provided rollout retail work. While I cannot say that I particularly enjoyed this type of work very much, I did learn a lesson..
Topics: Healthcare Design, Operations Improvement, Design Approach
Healthcare architecture tends to create repetitive spaces, so it is important to get them right. Whether it is 40 prep/recovery spaces, a greenfield hospital with 700 new patient rooms, or a..
Topics: Healthcare Design, mock-ups, Cost Reduction Strategies
Featured in BloovanConnect and Medical Construction + Design in September 2015.
In April 2015, our group of healthcare facility leaders reconvened having previously met in December 2014 and February...
Topics: Healthcare Design, Deloitte, Integrated Project Design/Delivery (IPD)
Topics: Facility Planning, Healthcare Design
The Veterans Administration (VA) has recognized the importance of providing female-specific services and has embarked on a national initiative to invest in VA Women’s Health Services. Their Mission.....READ MORE
Topics: Ambulatory Care, Healthcare Design, Continuous Improvement, womens healthcare
