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Johns Hopkins Medicine Constructs Research and Teaching Facility at All Children’s Hospital
Johns Hopkins Medicine is building the 225,000-sf Education and Research Facility at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. Designed by HDR, the project will provide 30,000 sf of research and laboratory space, 30,000 sf of instructional space, 50,000 sf of office and administrative space, a 20,000-sf collaboration area, a 400-seat auditorium, and a biorepository.
University of Vermont Medical Center Breaks Ground on Inpatient Building
The University of Vermont Medical Center will break ground in June of 2016 on a $174.9 million inpatient building in Burlington. The facility will include two floors of mechanical space and four patient care floors offering a total of 128 private rooms. Construction will begin on the project in fall of 2016 with occupancy expected in summer of 2019.
Mercer University School of Medicine Dedicates Renovated and Expanded Savannah Campus
Mercer University School of Medicine dedicated an $18 million expansion of its Savannah campus in April of 2016. Located adjacent to Memorial University Medical Center, the project included renovation of 26,500 sf in the Hoskins Center for Biomedical Research and construction of a 30,000-sf addition. The completed facility provides research labs, classrooms, offices, exam rooms for clinical training, simulation suites, tutorial rooms, and study spaces.
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Completes Edinburg Medical Education Center
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has completed construction of a $54 million medical education center in Edinburg, Texas. The 88,260-gsf facility includes two buildings sited adjacent to the Edinburg Regional Academic Health Center. A three-story structure provides clinical simulation suites, digital anatomy labs, classrooms, conference rooms, and faculty offices. A freestanding single-story building houses study rooms, a student lounge, an auditorium, and a library learning center.
Mercy Health Integrates Lean Principles in Muskegon Hospital Design
Mercy Health began construction in September of 2016 on a $271 million medical center in Muskegon, Mich. Designed by HGA Architects and Engineers to increase patient care efficiencies, the nine-story, 267-bed tower will consolidate inpatient services in a single location as well as housing an emergency department, a trauma center, and surgical suites. In the design process, two-dimensional modeling of each floor progressed to architectural designs and then to full-scale models to enhance the success of lean operational strategies.