Real-Time Risk: Infection Control, Cross Contamination & Exposure

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By Marlene Linders Each year, 5,000-7,500 patients die from cross–contamination due to healthcare-related construction, and the numbers are escalating considerably. Waterborne pathogens such as legionella are on the rise. The CDC estimates that 35 percent of legionella outbreaks are caused by changes in water quality from reasons external to the building itself, like nearby construction. How would you respond to these situations? Situation #1: A 42-year-old male is having open heart surgery in a hospital in the south. Construction is ongoing during the surgery; roof repairs and renovation is a constant. There is a pipe break with considerable flooding. The … Read more

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Hammes Breaks Ground on USF’s Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute in Tampa

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MILWAUKEE, Wis., and TAMPA, Fla. – Hammes Company has broken ground on the University of South Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute located in Water Street Tampa, a downtown district in Tampa, Florida. The project team includes Hammes Company as the project manager and HOK / Skanska as the design builder. The 13-story, 395,000-square-foot high-rise is rooted in Hammes Company’s collaborative Buildings for Life planning philosophy designed to meet the ever-changing needs of the healthcare industry. The HOK design supports access to care through an interdisciplinary, experience-based health, wellness and science research and higher learning service model. The … Read more

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Phase 1 of Largest Healthcare P3 Project in Canada Complete

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After nearly a decade of work, Phase 1 of the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal is complete. The project team included Obrascón Huarte Lain, Laing O’Rourke, along with CannonDesign and Neuf Architects. Begun in 2009, the CHUM teaching institution is one of the largest healthcare public-private partnership projects in Canada. Initially structured as a two-phased project, the design of the campus arrangement and architecture were reconfigured in order to accelerate development. As a result, Phase 1 delivers the hospital’s core healthcare capabilities, including all patient rooms, all operating theatres, diagnostic and therapeutics, as well as the oncology program, leaving … Read more

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Gilbane Building Company Opens New Office in Tampa

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TAMPA, Fla. – Gilbane Building Company has opened a new office in downtown Tampa, Florida. The new office will be led by Vice President Tim Hensey who heads up Gilbane’s Southwest area of Florida. This serves as the seventh office for Gilbane in Florida which joins offices in Sarasota, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Orlando, Gainesville and Jupiter. The location allows the company to better serve clients and partners and deliver safe, quality projects through innovative solutions, Lean construction and proven best practices. The new office, which is located at 100 South Ashley Drive, in the heart of downtown Tampa, will foster … Read more

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