Facility Construction and Design AI may prove consequential “in the distributed, high-volume world of outpatient care, because it changes not only how we draw these buildings but how they perform.” So writes Charles Michelson, AIA, ACHA, LEED AP, president of Saltz Michelson Architects, in an article for South Florida Hospital News & Healthcare Report.…
Intermountain Health has revealed plans for a new Intermountain LDS Hospital in downtown Salt Lake City. The facility, which would be located on an approximately eight-acre site that had been the longtime home to a Sears store that closed in 2018, would “anchor a major downtown development and provide a…
Newsweek has published its rankings of the World’s Greenest Hospitals of 2026. The inaugural edition of the program highlights the 250 hospitals that the publication finds are “leading the way in sustainability by reducing emissions, conserving water and improving waste management.” Newsweek, which partnered with data gathering and visualization firm…
St. Luke’s University Health Network previewed its new $252 million St. Luke’s Heart Hospital, which will open at the 500-acre St. Luke’s Anderson Campus in Easton, Pa., this October. The five-story, 140-bed, approximately 355,000-square-foot facility is the largest construction project in St. Luke’s more-than-150-year history, both in terms of dollar…
Southwoods Health announced it has completed a multimillion-dollar, 40,000-square-foot expansion and renovation project at The Surgical Hospital at Southwoods in Boardman, Ohio. The system stressed that much of the work on the 30-year-old facility was designed to “further enhance the patient experience.” It stated that the upgrades “prioritize patient privacy…
Cleveland Clinic has broken ground on a $322 million multi-phase expansion of Ohio’s Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital and its outpatient services-focused Richard E. Jacobs Health Center that it states will significantly increase the size of its Richard E. Jacobs Campus and “enhance access to advanced, patient-centered care for Lorain County’s…
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has approved Phase 1 of Pullman Regional Hospital’s $50 million Patient Care Expansion Project. “The sign-off marks a major milestone in the multi-year project and clears the way for the hospital to begin using the newly renovated and expanded space,” states Pullman Regional…
Allina Health Abbott Northwestern Hospital’s Richard M. Schulze Surgical and Critical Care Center is projected to open in August. Construction, development, and engineering services company Mortenson provides some details about what lies within, stating that the new facility will “modernize surgical and critical care services, replacing outdated spaces and positioning…
Building a new ASC or renovating an existing one? In a new article in Building Design+Construction, Brad Krump, AIA, principal and director of commercial architecture, interior design, planning, and research firm BWBR, outlines his vision of the ASCs of the future. “ASCs have a unique opportunity to reimagine the patient…
Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and “blended health organization” Highmark Health, which describes itself as both a Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer and a regional hospital and physician network, announced plans to build a full-service hospital in Canonsburg, Cecil Township, Pa., southwest of Pittsburgh. The 150,000-square-foot facility, to be located on…
