Thursday, 10 September 2009
CONCORD, NH – Concord Hospital has been awarded LEED certification for its East & North Wing addition and renovation, the first hospital in northern New England to do so.
The project’s design maximizes daylight and views with green roofs and courtyard gardens while skylights bring light deep into treatment spaces. The canopied entrance includes a waiting area that overlooks a garden and the drop-off area and a roof garden that is accessible from the ICU. On patient floors almost all spaces have access to natural light and views, while garden courtyards create a buffer from the road. Native plantings and permeable surfaces minimize heat islands and reduce the impact on ...[more]
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Tags: angela watson, community hospital, concord hospital, leed
Monday, 15 October 2007
CONCORD, NH – More than 250 people celebrated the grand opening of the East and North Wing Additions of Concord Hospital yesteday. More than 250 guests attended the ribbon cutting and toured the new facility.
Hospital president and CEO Mike Green spoke about how the larger facilities help healthcare professionals improve privacy, efficiency, and comfort while enhancing the hospital’s ability to provide quality medical care.
Guests were invited to tour the 37-bed Emergency Department, the 20-room Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the20-room Progressive Care Unit (PCU). The existing emergency department, which will be renovated in phases, will re-open in fall 2008. The East and North Wing Additions areas also include Operating ...[more]
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Tags: community hospital, concord hospital
Thursday, 12 August 2010
The latest issue of Healthcare Building Ideas features an interview with healthcare architects Angela Watson and David Meek. In “Systems for Upgrading the Hospital Environment,” this issue’s Build It Right feature, Angela and David discuss recent developments in healthcare design, including strategies for waste management and changing perspectives on indoor air quality for hospitals.
Angela and David’s recent project at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire received LEED certification in 2009, the first hospital in northern New England to do so.
Healthcare Building Ideas article
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Tags: angela watson, concord hospital, david meek, healthcare building ideas, healthcare design, indoor air quality, leed
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
LEED certification for the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Specialty Center-Detroit sends a powerful message: helping children grow up healthy starts with a healthy environment. The Center, which was completed in 2012, is the first LEED-certified project on the hospital’s urban campus.
“We are very pleased to offer our patients and families and staff this facility built just for them,” says Herman Gray, MD, president, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan. “Knowing that the building is also LEED certified supports our mission to continually work to improve the ...[more]
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Tags: anne garrity, children's hospital, children's hospital of michigan, detroit medical center, elaine garrett, elise woodward, green, leed, outpatient care, patricia delauri, sustainable design, uma ramanathan
Friday, 1 June 2012
Design is now underway for Bridgeport Hospital’s Park Avenue Campus Outpatient Center in Trumbull, which will provide a new level of access to quality outpatient care in southwestern Connecticut.
The center’s range of services will include a comprehensive cancer center, including medical oncology and radiation services and a breast care center, ambulatory surgery, gastroenterology services, full service radiology, a Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital Specialty Center, rehabilitation, and other physician offices. The new facility will create a welcoming, accessible outpatient care campus, joining two existing buildings that house radiation oncology and medical offices, in a park-like suburban setting.
The garden-level cancer center emphasizes patient privacy and healing, with a dedicated entrance and parking ...[more]
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Tags: ambulatory care, angela watson, bridgeport, cancer center, cathy lange, chris reynolds, daylighting, greg heiges, healing garden, lauren deck, medical office building, medical oncology, outpatient, outpatient care, outpatient surgery, trumbull, yale-new haven hospital
7 March 2012
ASHE Health Facilities Planning, Development and Construction Conference, Phoenix, AZ
David Meek, Associate AIA, Shepley Bulfinch
Michael Lynch, MD, Head of Emergency Svcs, Concord Hospital
Ray Gerbi, Facilities Consultant
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Tags: ashe, ashe pdc, community hospital, concord hospital, david meek, emergency department, healthcare, healthcare delivery
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Shepley Bulfinch has been chosen for the physician-led plan to construct a new Children’s Hospital of Buffalo (NY) on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC).
“Shepley Bulfinch was selected for their expertise in designing clinically complex facilities that emphasize patient- and family-centered care and operational efficiency as well as distinctive architectural forms for many other children’s and women’s hospitals,” said Teresa Quattrin, MD, Pediatrician-in-Chief, Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, and Professor of Pediatrics, Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of New York at Buffalo.
“Shepley Bulfinch’s approach to our project demonstrates their understanding that collaboration and participation are essential to its success,” said Kevin Fitzpatrick, MD, Chief of Service, OB/GYN, Kaleida Health. ...[more]
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Tags: andre kamili, angela watson, anne garrity, buffalo, children's hospital, family-centered care, glenn pacheco, kaleida health, pediatric, pediatric hospital, roswell park, tad jusczyk, uma ramanathan