Construction Begins on 127K-SF Miami-Area Children’s Hospital Tower

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Nicklaus Children’s Hospital leaders and supporters joined together recently for a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the launch of the next phase of the hospital’s master facility plan, construction of a 127,000-square-foot surgical tower slated for completion in 2024. The tower will rise four stories above the hospital’s emergency department, located at the center of the main campus near Coral Gables, Florida. The surgical tower will enable the hospital to construct operating suites to replace existing operating rooms that are now 35 years old and lack the size and ceiling height necessary to fully accommodate the latest equipment, along with multidisciplinary … Read more

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New Trillium Health Partners Hospital Project to Fill Critical Need for Growing, Diverse Mississauga Community

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Planning, design and conformance services for Trillium Health Partners’ Mississauga Hospital project, located in Ontario, Canada, will be managed by Stantec. The new facility is a full replacement of the existing hospital and a critical part of THP’s plan to build a new kind of healthcare that serves the growing and diverse community for the decades ahead. The new Mississauga Hospital will increase flexibility to respond to future healthcare challenges, feature modern hospital facilities and technology and reflect the latest standards in infection prevention and control. It will continue to deliver highly specialized care through regional programs, such as the … Read more

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Contract Awarded for Largest Overseas U.S. Military Hospital

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The contract to build the largest U.S. hospital outside the United States has been signed, marking a significant step forward in progressing the Rhine Ordnance Barracks Medical Center Replacement project. The German Construction Administration, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District and the U.S. Defense Health Agency, awarded a €85-million (approximately $969-million) contract to Züblin and Gilbane joint venture to construct a new hospital at Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Germany. The contract includes construction of a modern 985,000-square-foot hospital that features nine operating rooms, 120 exam rooms and 68 beds with a surge capacity of 25 additional … Read more

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Bangladesh Hospital Wins Prize for World’s Best New Building

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A remote community hospital, set in the water-laden landscape of the Bengal in southwest Bangladesh, designed by Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA and built by Golam Mostofa Limited, has won the RIBA International Prize 2021, architecture’s highest global accolade for design excellence and social impact. The sustainable and low-cost hospital delivers essential healthcare services to the local communities of Satkhira in the southern region of Bangladesh, providing a medical lifeline for thousands of people in an area of the coast that was heavily affected by a major cyclone in 2007. Lauded for the care and humanity at the heart of its design, the … Read more

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Virginia Hospital Center Outpatient Pavilion Project in Arlington Achieves Construction Milestone

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The topping out milestone in the construction of Virginia Hospital Center’s new outpatient pavilion in Arlington, Virginia, has been achieved. Representatives from Skanska USA, VHC and Skanska’s construction partners commemorated the event by signing a steel beam, which was then placed atop the seven-story building. VHC, a community-based hospital, has provided medical services to the Washington, D.C.-metropolitan area for more than 75 years. When completed, the hospital will move its outpatient services to the new 245,000-square-foot facility providing direct, easy access for patients to treatment and examination rooms for outpatient physical and aquatic therapy, an outpatient lab and pharmacy, surgery … Read more

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