EwingCole adds healthcare director to D.C. office

EwingCole named J. Patrick Schultz, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP, as Director of Healthcare Practice in its Washington, DC office. Schultz brings over 25 years of proven experience in planning and designing healthcare, medical research, and government medical facilities within Washington, DC, the mid-Atlantic region and throughout the U.S.

Prior to joining EwingCole, Schultz was associate principal of healthcare at Perkins + Will and a senior associate of healthcare at HOK in Washington, D.C. where he planned and managed healthcare projects. His previous clients include Johns Hopkins Hospital, University of Virginia Health System, Duke Health System, Children’s National Medical Center, Valley Health System, Adventist Healthcare, Catholic Health Initiatives, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, National Institutes of Health and Veteran Affairs. +

The editors of Building Design+Construction present 10 “Great Solutions” that highlight innovative technology and products that can be used to address some of the many problems Building Teams face in their day-to-day work. Readers are encouraged to submit entries for Great Solutions; if we use yours, you’ll receive a $25 gift certificate. Look for more Great Solutions in 2012 at: www.bdcnetwork.com/greatsolutions/2012.

Rainscreen system installed at the west building envelope expansion of the University of Arizona’s Meinel Optical Sciences Center in Tucson, with its folded glass wall and copper-paneled, breathable cladding over precast concrete.

| Dec 10, 2011

Energy performance starts at the building envelope

Rainscreen system installed at the west building expansion of the University of Arizona’s Meinel Optical Sciences Center in Tucson, with its folded glass wall and copper-paneled, breathable cladding over precast concrete.

| Dec 10, 2011

Turning Balconies Outside In

Operable glass balcony glazing systems provide solution to increase usable space in residential and commercial structures.

| Dec 10, 2011

BIM tools to make your project easier to manage

Two innovations—program manager Gafcon’s SharePoint360 project management platform and a new BIM “wall creator” add-on developed by ClarkDietrich Building Systems for use with the Revit BIM platform and construction consultant—show how fabricators and owner’s reps are stepping in to fill the gaps between construction and design that can typically be exposed by working with a 3D model.