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New surgical tower is largest addition to UNC Health campus in Chapel Hill

Construction on UNC Health’s North Carolina Surgical Hospital, the largest addition to the Chapel Hill campus since it was built in 1952, was recently completed. The seven-story, 375,000-sf structure houses 26 operating rooms, four of which are hybrid size to accommodate additional equipment and technology for newly developed procedures. 




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Healthcare Facilities

From hospitals to research facilities, healthcare buildings are essential to the health of the world’s population, as well as medical innovation. Designing these structures requires a delicate balance of technical requirements with the needs of doctors and patients, but when done right, these designs can save lives.

Healthcare Facilities | Stantec | Sep 21, 2015

5 reasons healthcare organizations are implementing finish standards on construction projects

The desire for improved patient satisfaction, staff retention, and turn-key maintenance are among the top reasons more healthcare groups are implementing finish standards in their spaces, according to VOA Associates' Lauren Andrysiak.

Healthcare Facilities | Sep 11, 2015

Health Product Declaration Collaborative releases updated HPD Open Standard – Version 2.0

Advances transparent disclosure of building product contents
Healthcare Facilities | Aug 28, 2015

Hospital construction/renovation guidelines promote sound control

The newly revised guidelines from the Facilities Guidelines Institute touch on six factors that affect a hospital’s soundscape.

Healthcare Facilities | Aug 28, 2015

7 (more) steps toward a quieter hospital

Every hospital has its own “culture” of loudness and quiet. Jacobs’ Chris Kay offers steps to a therapeutic auditory environment.

Healthcare Facilities | Aug 28, 2015

Shhh!!! 6 ways to keep the noise down in new and existing hospitals

There’s a ‘decibel war’ going on in the nation’s hospitals. Progressive Building Teams are leading the charge to give patients quieter healing environments.   

Mixed-Use | Aug 26, 2015

Innovation districts + tech clusters: How the ‘open innovation’ era is revitalizing urban cores

In the race for highly coveted tech companies and startups, cities, institutions, and developers are teaming to form innovation hot pockets.

Healthcare Facilities | CannonDesign | Aug 19, 2015

5 brand-building strategies in the outpatient environment

No longer coasting off of reputation, leading organizations are using new ambulatory care centers to re-brand for the future of healthcare, writes CannonDesign's Jocelyn Stroupe.

Healthcare Facilities | Gensler | Aug 18, 2015

Transforming the patient-clinician experience in retail healthcare: 5 'flips' to consider

Flip the Clinic is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project invented to transform the patient-clinician experience. In their language, “flips” are actionable ideas for change, writes Gensler's Tama Duffy Day.

Giants 400 | Aug 6, 2015

GIANTS 300 REPORT: Top 75 Healthcare Construction Firms

Turner, McCarthy, and Skanska top Building Design+Construction's 2015 ranking of the largest healthcare contractors and construction management firms in the U.S.

Giants 400 | Aug 6, 2015

GIANTS 300 REPORT: Top 80 Healthcare Engineering Firms

AECOM, Jacobs, and Burns & McDonnell top Building Design+Construction's 2015 ranking of the largest healthcare engineering and engineering/architecture firms in the U.S. 

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