NYC Health + Hospitals unveiled a new mural as part of the Community Mural Project run by the health system’s Arts in Medicine department. The mural, Healing Portraits at NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, was developed by artist Tijay Mohammed through a series of focus groups with community members, staff and patients and brought to life at a paint party where the community was invited to paint the mural together. The mural pays homage to the vibrant Harlem community and medical pioneers who have left an indelible mark on Harlem. Read More …
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Addressing Building Envelope Challenges with Forward-Thinking Solutions
Even before supply chain disruptions and inflation pressures changed our world, making decisions on hospital building envelopes was a complex endeavor. The global realities of 2022 reveal that decisions around planning, designing and constructing these large-scale envelope systems grow more consequential by the day. Read More …
Exterior Signage Placed on Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
OMAHA, Neb. – Two large exterior signs identifying the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center were recently placed on the building by Kiewit Building Group. The 615,000-square-foot cancer center is located on the campus of the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine Read More …
Gifts Enable Bunny Mellon Healing Garden Construction to Begin
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Children being treated at Children’s National Health System will soon have a way to enjoy fresh air and inspiring views of the nation’s Capitol, as construction has begun on a 7,200-square-foot outdoor healing garden. A multi-million-dollar gift from the estate of the late Washington, D.C. philanthropist and horticulturalist Read More …
Healing Arts Program Takes Shape for Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
OMAHA, Neb. — The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine announced that the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center will include an outdoor healing garden—Leslie’s Healing Garden—as part of its Healing Arts Program. Read More …
New Joplin, Mo. Hospital Battles Tornadoes with Masonry Walls
RESTON, Va. — A new Joplin, Mo. hospital will employ a powerful combination of masonry and glass exteriors to combat future tornadoes. Rebuilding from the catastrophic EF-5 rated tornado in May 2011 that killed five patients and one visitor, the new seven-story Mercy Hospital Joplin will use harder, tornado-resistant exteriors to replace the destroyed St. John’s Regional Medical Center.
Gate Precast to Produce Precast Concrete Wall System for Replacement Hospital at Fort Hood
HILLSBORO, Texas — Gate Precast Company has been selected by the Balfour Beatty / McCarthy joint venture design-build team to provide a thermally efficient, pre-insulated, brick inlaid architectural precast concrete exterior wall system for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ replacement hospital at Fort Hood.
