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New download: BD+C's 2024 Healthcare Annual Report

Welcome to Building Design+Construction’s 2024 Healthcare Annual Report. This free 66-page special report is our first-ever “state of the state” update on the $65 billion healthcare construction sector.




Mass Timber

British Columbia hospital features mass timber community hall

The Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project in Duncan, British Columbia, features an expansive community hall featuring mass timber construction. The hall, designed to promote social interaction and connection to give patients, families, and staff a warm and welcoming environment, connects a Diagnostic and Treatment (“D&T”) Block and Inpatient Tower.

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Healthcare Facilities

From hospitals to research facilities, healthcare buildings are essential to the health of the world’s population, as well as medical innovation. Designing these structures requires a delicate balance of technical requirements with the needs of doctors and patients, but when done right, these designs can save lives.

Sep 26, 2011

Energy efficient LED flat panels installed at N.Y. metro hospitals

LED Flat Panels deliver fully dimmable, energy efficient high quality lighting with even, shadow-free distribution, and excellent 85 Color Rendering Index. 

Sep 20, 2011

Francis Cauffman wins two IDA design awards

The PA/NJ/DE Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has presented the Francis Cauffman architecture firm with two awards: the Best Interior Design of 2011 for the W. L. Gore offices in Elkton, MD, and the President’s Choice Award for St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, NJ.

Sep 12, 2011

Living Buildings: Are AEC Firms up to the Challenge?

Modular Architecture > You’ve done a LEED Gold or two, maybe even a LEED Platinum. But are you and your firm ready to take on the Living Building Challenge? Think twice before you say yes.

Jun 29, 2011

Construction begins on Scripps Cardiovascular Institute in San Diego

Construction commenced on the $456 million Scripps Cardiovascular Institute in San Diego, Calif.…
May 18, 2011

New center provides home to medical specialties

Construction has begun on the 150,000-sf Medical Arts Pavilion at the University Medical Center in Princeton, N.J.

Rob Cassidy | May 18, 2011

Hospital noise: It’s enough to make you sick

In her 1859 book “Notes on Nursing,” Florence Nightingale called unnecessary noise in hospitals “…
May 5, 2011

Hospitals launch quiet campaigns to drown out noise of modern medicine

Worldwide, sound levels inside hospitals average 72 decibels during the day and 60 decibels at night, which far exceeds the standard of 40 decibels or less, set by the World Health Organization. The culprit: modern medicine. In response, hospitals throughout Illinois and the U.S. are launching "quiet campaigns" that include eliminating intercom paging, replacing metal trash cans, installing sound-absorbing flooring and paneling, and dimming lights at night to remind staff to keep their voices down.

Jeff Yoders | Apr 22, 2011

Autodesk media days: Suffolk Construction’s BIM story

While it’s always nice to see what’s new in Revit 2012 (now with constructability tools!), some of…
Apr 14, 2011

USGBC debuts LEED for Healthcare

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) introduces its latest green building rating system, LEED for Healthcare. The rating system guides the design and construction of both new buildings and major renovations of existing buildings, and can be applied to inpatient, outpatient and licensed long-term care facilities, medical offices, assisted living facilities and medical education and research centers.

Apr 13, 2011

Virginia hospital’s prescription for green construction: LEED Gold

Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Va., is the commonwealth’s first inpatient healthcare facility to earn LEED Gold. The 630,000-sf facility was designed by Earl Swensson Associates, with commissioning consultant SSRCx, both of Nashville.
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