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April 19, 2007

A Special Section of
DJC.COM


Stories


"Wal-Mart can teach hospitals about improving patient care" By ADAM KERNER
Anshen+Allen


"Shifting health care needs bring technology to the fore"
By TOM LEONIDAS JR.
Sparling


"Technological transformation is shaking up health care"
By BARBARA SHAW
Minor & James Medical


"Keeping an airborne threat at bay"
By ROBERT E. ROSENBAUM
Coffman Engineers


"New technologies cut heating, cooling costs"
By NORMAN BROWN
CDi Engineers


"Hospitals slowly warming to green design"
By MICHAEL L. SMITH
Mahlum Architects


"Change is coming. Are designers ready?"
By LOIS BROADWAY
Taylor Gregory Butterfield Architects


"Smarter structural design begins with the right analysis"
By BRIAN C. PHAIR
PCS Structural Solutions


What's inside...

Photo courtesy of Swedish Medical Center
ON THE COVER: The Swedish Medical Center opened a $30 million neurosurgical complex at its Cherry Hill Campus in February. Callison of Seattle was the architect and Lease Crutcher Lewis was the general contractor.

This special publication on the design and construction of health care projects takes a cue from Wal-Mart, from which designers adopt the idea of inventory-tracking technology to help cut down on medical errors.

Hospitals are finding others way of incorporating new technology, like wireless communications systems, to meet today's changing health care needs.

The Puget Sound is a growing area, and more people will require more doctors... and more space. Doctors and medical facilities are turning to technology to help meet ever increasing needs.

But, as hospitals expand and remodel, construction activity can exacerbate the dangers of hospital-acquired infections.

Rising energy costs are also a worry for hospitals, which use between two and three times more energy than a typical office building.

Some facilities are turning to green design to help cut down on energy costs and waste.

Along with energy savings and new technologies, health care designers also have to take into account changes in state guidelines.

Finally, we look at how seismic considerations are affecting building design, and how performance-based design can enhance the seismic performance of a building while reducing construction costs.





Health Care Design & Construction team

Section editor: Jon Silver

Section design: Jeffrey Miller

Web design: Lisa Lannigan

Advertising: Matt Brown



List of Advertisers:

Aldrich + Associates, Inc. (www.aldrich-assoc.com)

BCRA (www.bcradesign.com)

CDi Engineers (www.cdiengineers.com)

Coughlin Porter Lundeen (www.cplinc.com)

MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions (www.macmiller.com)

Notkin (www.notkin.us)

PCS Structural Solutions (www.pcs-structural.com)

Shannon & Wilson, Inc. (www.shannonwilson.com)

SMACNA (www.smacnaww.org)

University Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (www.umci.com)






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