Behavioral Health Teaching Facility at University of Washington’s Medical Center-Northwest Achieves Construction Milestone

The new six-story Behavioral Health Teaching Facility, at University of Washington’s Medical Center-Northwest in Seattle, will include 150 patient beds and more than 184,000 square feet of clinical and administrative space. The project will feature 75 long-term civil commitment beds, 25 geropsychiatric beds and 50 licensed med-surgery beds with the capacity to treat patients with psychiatric diagnoses and/or substance use disorders. The facility also will include a 24/7 telehealth consultation program, a procedural area for electroconvulsive therapy and neuromodulation to support patients’ commitment to community-based living and healthcare, as well as space to conduct comprehensive workforce training and development for […]

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Topped Out HudsonAlpha Discovery Life Sciences Building Features Prefabricated Exterior Walls

Brasfield & Gorrie celebrated the topping out of the HudsonAlpha Discovery Life Sciences building in Huntsville, Alabama. Construction on the lab and office building is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2023. The building will house Discovery Life Sciences, which conducts life science research and is located in a smaller space on the campus of HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. The 95,000-square-foot lab and office building included prefabricated exterior walls, which are a campus standard. Prefabricated materials are constructed offsite in a controlled environment, which increases safety and control of scheduling.

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Doheny Eye Institute Opens its Headquarters in Pasadena, California

The headquarters for Doheny Eye Institute, affiliated with UCLA Stein Eye Institute, is now open. Located at the former Avery Dennison campus, the new life science research center is dedicated to the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight. It also fulfills the community’s hopes for the cherished 7-acre campus, which had sat vacant for several years. Life sciences are quickly becoming a powerful solution for empty workspaces across the US. However, offices aren’t built for the intricate needs of laboratories — highly sensitive to temperature, vibration and light, and often requiring special features like air balancing, biosafety cabinets, lasers […]

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Ware Malcom Complete Construction of Bellevue Brewery in Washington

Ware Malcomb announced that construction is complete on Bellevue Brewery in Bellevue, Washington. Ware Malcomb provided interior architecture and design services for the project. The 7,353-square-foot interior renovation includes a brewery, restaurant and commercial kitchen. The décor within the space pays tribute to the local area with reclaimed Douglas fir wood salvaged from historical buildings, such as a University of Washington police station and a covered bridge in Sweet Home, Oregon. The art gallery honors the brewery’s history through historical photos of beer drinkers from the late 19th century. Within the layout, the company designed both open and private areas […]

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UW-GU Health Partnership Celebrates New Academic Home 

Students, leaders and dignitaries cut a long ribbon of medical-grade gauze spanning a 22-foot doorway to mark the opening of the region’s hub for medical and health education, research and innovation, anchored by the University of Washington School of Medicine-Gonzaga University Health Partnership in Spokane, Washington. The 90,000-square-foot building is the academic home to the UW School of Medicine Spokane and its 120 first- and second-year students, Gonzaga’s Department of Human Physiology and more than 500 GU undergraduates in nursing and health sciences, plus faculty and staff. The UW’s MEDEX Northwest physician assistant program delivers instruction to 30+ students in […]

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