Author: Caryn Norton
As the construction industry continually evolves, the industrial sector in the Southeast region, known for its vibrant ports and bustling trade, is met with cautious optimism, inundated with what’s trending, what’s changing and what the future holds. However, market dynamics are shifting toward smaller, specialized facilities to meet evolving lease demands and specifications.
In the heart of Tacoma, Washington, a transformative project is underway with a promise to reshape healthcare for the community’s youngest members—the MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital. And with the strategic partnership between Layton Construction and Abbott Construction to build it, the project stands as a testament to the power of collaboration and shared healthcare construction expertise.
By Ken Innella, President at LF Driscoll In recent years, healthcare construction projects in Pennsylvania have been responding to more stringent reviews elated to patient care risks. These reviews not only apply to spaces undergoing renovation but even those areas of a department untouched for the scope of the project. “Some hospital regulatory departments are engaged much earlier in the design process and remain involved in the construction process until the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Division of Acute and Ambulatory Care (DAAC) inspection. As the Division of Safety Inspection approaches, regulators ramp up their involvement by increasing the amount of…
Mass timber is having a moment in both large and small construction. But it’s not a new phenomenon. In fact, cross-laminated timber, or CLT, traces its origins to advances in wood processing and fabrication about 30 years ago in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
The contracting team on the 47-story TSX Broadway used lifts to raise the site’s original theater by 30 feet.
Dawn Borden, Senior Project Manager with Structure Tone, has had a variety of experience both as a facility manager, and through working with other facility managers. She has represented organizations and provided facility management consulting and project management for diverse companies from start-up, repositioning, and dispossession stages.
As Chief Innovation Officer of STO Building Group, Rob Leon’s vision and mission is far-reaching, and can take many forms—from building cross-functional teams to fostering internal entrepreneurship to leading industry partnerships—but ultimately it’s a philosophy.
Jefferson Health’s multispecialty outpatient center is reshaping the city skyline with a new integrated care facility. Opened in March, the Honickman Center consolidates a range of ambulatory services into one convenient location across the street from Jefferson’s existing in-patient hospital.