Tag: Hospital
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Mass timber could combat germs in hospital settings
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Mass timber may have antimicrobial benefits that could make it useful for hospital construction, according to a recent study from the University of Oregon. The research team found that when wood was exposed to a…
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Turner JV tops out $550M Texas hospital
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A Turner-led joint venture has reached new heights on a $550 million hospital project in San Antonio, Texas. New York City-based Turner in partnership with Byrne Construction Services and owner rep Straight Line Management, both of San…
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Suffolk starts $750M New York hospital expansion
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Boston-based contractor Suffolk recently broke ground on a major expansion of the White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York, in the state’s Hudson Valley, according to a July 1 news release shared with Construction Dive. The…
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Building a child-centered hospital care environment
There are approximately 5.3 million pediatric hospitalizations in the U.S. each year, in addition to outpatient visits. While every individual’s story is unique, the needs of young patients can differ markedly from the needs of their adult counterparts. To deliver exceptional care, children’s departments in general hospitals and the nation’s more than 250 children’s hospitals…
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McCarthy, Jacobs complete $664M California hospital
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. San Diego-based health network Scripps Health opened the doors to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla’s new North Tower in La Jolla, California, the company announced on June 2. A construction team of St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos.…
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McCarthy, Jacobs finish construction on $373M hospital tower
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A team of McCarthy Building Cos. and Jacobs completed construction on the Children’s Hospital of Orange County’s Southwest Tower in Orange, California, according to a June 16 news release from CannonDesign, the New York City-based engineer on…
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Whiting-Turner breaks ground on $880M Pennsylvania hospital expansion
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Danville, Pennsylvania-based healthcare consortium Geisinger has broken ground on its expansion and modernization project at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, according to a May 13 news release. Philadelphia-based architect EwingCole and Baltimore-based general contractor Whiting-Turner are designing and…
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McCarthy completes $650M Texas hospital campus
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos. has completed construction of the $650 million Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital campus, according to a March 31 news release. The structure is the builder’s ninth completed hospital project in the greater Houston…
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PCL to build $5.2B Nova Scotia hospital expansion
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Award: Halifax Infirmary Expansion ProjectValue: $5.2 billionLocation: Halifax, Nova ScotiaClient: Province of Nova Scotia Edmonton, Alberta-based PCL Construction has signed an agreement with the province of Nova Scotia for the construction of the main portion of the…
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McCarthy tops out $500M California hospital expansion
Listen to the article 1 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos. marked the concrete pour topping out of the $500 million Hoag Hospital Irvine Expansion Project in Irvine, California, on Jan. 31, the company told Construction Dive via email. Contractors added 450,000 square…