Construction in Medical News

Turner Selected by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to Manage Construction of 311,000 Sq. Ft. Office Facility Adjacent to CDC Headquarters in Atlanta, GA

NEW YORK, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading general builder, has been selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide design/build services for a $93 Million, 311,000 sq. ft. office complex. The project, "Building 24" is adja...

VA Announces $26 Million Construction Contract for Palo Alto

New Facility to Centralize Acute Psychiatric Care WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the award of a $26 million contract to a San Francisco firm to construct a new 80-bed acute psychiatric facility at VA's...

HEALTHCARE DESIGN.09 Adds a New Construction and Engineering Track

NEW YORK, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Vendome Group, publishers of HEALTHCARE DESIGN and Healthcare Building Ideas magazines, and The Center for Health Design (CHD), a nonprofit research, education, and advocacy organization, are pleased to announce the development of a 2-day educational track fo...

Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Begins Construction of Raw Material Processing Facility of the Herbal Plantation Base

XIANYANG, China, June 29 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BSPM) ("Biostar" or "the Company"), a Xianyang based developer, manufacturer and supplier of pharmaceutical products and medical nutrients addressing a variety of diseases and conditions,...

Turner to Manage Construction of $42 Million Expansion of Northern Inyo Hospital in Bishop, Calif.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading builder of healthcare facilities, has been given approval by Northern Inyo Hospital to proceed with the $42 million Phase Two expansion to the hospital facility. Construction for Phase Two will start in March 2009 ...

Grifols Celebrates Initial Construction of New IVIG Facility with Los Angeles Officials and Dignitaries

Grifols welcomes Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Cal State LA President James Rosser, Councilman Hose Huizar, patient representatives and other dignitaries for the construction dedication ceremony of its new IVIG facility. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Grifols SA (Grifol...

CoSentry and Alegent Health Announce Collaboration for Construction of an Enterprise-Class Data Center

OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, executives from CoSentry, a leading provider of data center and managed technical services, and Alegent Health, one of the nation's premier healthcare providers, announced formation of a joint venture to construct and operate an enterprise class data cen...

AHP Recession Survey of Nonprofit Health Care Officials Finds Almost Half Expect Reduced Giving in 2009, Leading to Cuts in Hospital Construction and Equipment Purchases

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Despite a deepening recession, only eight percent of hospital fundraising executives who expect to raise less money this year than in 2008 said their institutions would have to curtail critical health care services for the poor and underinsured, accord...

BioMed Realty Trust CEO Alan Gold Named National Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2008 by Ernst & Young LLP in the Real Estate, Construction and Hospitality Category

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR ) today announced that Alan D. Gold, BioMed's President and Chief Executive Officer, was named the national winner of the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2008 Award in the Real Estate, Constructio...

Turner Universal Awarded Contracts Totaling $227 Million to Manage Construction of Two Tennessee Healthcare Facilities

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Universal, a subsidiary of Turner Construction Company, was awarded two healthcare contracts totaling $227 million in the state of Tennessee. Turner Universal was selected to manage the construction of the Middle Tennessee Medical Center Replacement Hos...

Healthcare and Education Building Markets Remain Particularly Strong as Energy, Materials and Commodity Costs Drive Construction Pricing Upward

2nd Quarter Turner Building Cost Index Forecasts 6.61% Increase Over One Year Period NEW YORK, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading general builder, today announced that construction costs increased 1.57 percent over the First Q...

Tyco Electronics Contributes $25,000 Towards Construction of New Fisher House(TM) at Ft. Bragg

BERWYN, Pa., March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tyco Electronics Ltd. (NYSE: TEL ; BSX: TEL) today presented a donation of $25,000 to the Fisher House Foundation to support the construction of a new Fisher House(TM) at Womack Army Medical Center, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Joe Donahue, senior...

Accident Fund Recognizes Clark Construction Co. for 2 Million Hours without a Lost-Time Injury

LANSING, Mich., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Accident Fund Insurance Company of America has recognized Clark Construction Company for its outstanding achievements in creating a safe work environment. The company recently surpassed 2 million work hours without experiencing one lost-time incident, w...

White Paper Helps Building Owners Avoid Costs, Downfalls of Construction Projects

NEEDHAM, Mass., March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- A free white paper is helping building owners avoid the complaints, business disruptions, and out-of-pocket costs that can result when they're forced by the construction schedule to occupy new or renovated facilities prior to "system final completion." ...

Aon Construction Services Group Hires Veteran Industry Expert to Lead Hawaii Operations

Chad Karasaki joins Honolulu office as managing director HONOLULU, March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC), the leading provider of global risk management services, today announced that Chad Karasaki has joined Aon Construction Services Group as managing director...

CEL-SCI CORPORATION Announces Results of 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Provides Update on Ground-breaking Activities Regarding Construction of Manufacturing Facility for Pivotal Phase III Cancer Trial

VIENNA, Va., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CEL-SCI CORPORATION (Amex: CVM ) provided details today at its 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on groundbreaking activities currently underway at its manufacturing facility near Baltimore, Maryland. The facility will be used to manufacture Mu...

BioMed Realty Trust Joint Venture Enters Into New $245 Million Construction Loan and Extends Term of Existing Loan Facility

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR ) today announced that its joint venture with PREI(R) (Prudential Real Estate Investors) entered into a secured construction loan with Wachovia Bank, National Association and certain other lenders to provide bor...

Tubbs Jones Announces Over $36 Million in Construction Projects for Cleveland VA Hospital

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones announced that six new construction projects totaling $36,425,000 have been approved for the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The funding for the new construc...

Fry Construction Is Featured in Key Industry Publication

20-Year Specialist Recognized for Its Achievements CARROLLTON, Texas, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Fry Construction, a specialist in the precision construction of medical imaging facilities, has been recently featured as a success "case study" in the November issue of Construction Digital...

Andrew Lessman's TWC Construction and ProCaps Laboratories Contract With DT Solar to Install a 700 kW Solar Electric System

LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- DT Solar, a Turner Renewable Energy Company, and ProCaps Laboratories/TWC Construction today announced that they will work together to design and install a 700 kW solar electric generating system at the headquarters of ProCaps and TWC in Henderson, ...

Optim To Assist Prairie Community Health Center with Construction Scope Development

ROYAL OAK, Mich., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Prairie Community Health Center (PCHC), Terry, Montana, has selected Optim to perform an evaluation of hospital renovation, expansion or replacement needs. As the Owner's Representative, Optim will conduct a demographic study of the area's population ...

Fry Construction Selected for High-Profile Medical Imaging Project

Facility in Sherman Will Set Key Industry Records CARROLLTON, Texas, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Fry Construction, a specialist in the precision construction of medical imaging facilities, has announced it has begun construction of a breakthrough facility in the medical imaging arena. ...

Virtua Health Takes Next Step for Continuing Hospital Construction

Current construction of Voorhees facility already ahead of schedule MARLTON, N.J., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Virtua Health will seek approval to sell tax exempt bonds from the New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority (NJHCFFA) on Thursday, February 26, 2009. The bonds ...

MAQUET Opens North America's First VARIOP Prefabricated Operating Suite System, Allowing Space Reconfiguration in Hours, Less Disruption Than Traditional Construction

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- MAQUET Inc., a subsidiary of the Swedish-based Getinge Group and one of the oldest and largest surgical equipment companies in the world, has announced that it has completed North America's first installation of its advanced, prefabricated VARIOP operatin...

Gerbig Engineering Introduces 7 " Deep Extrusions for Cleanroom Construction

Gerbig Engineering, a cleanroom manufacturer, introduces new product that allows more efficient use of larger cleanrooms. Burnsville, Minn. (PRWEB) October 22, 2008 -- Gerbig Engineering, a designer, fabricator and installer of cleanrooms and cleanroom equipment annou...

Wealthy More Likely to Have Breast Reconstruction

Black women less likely than white women to have reconstruction after mastectomy MONDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- After a mastectomy, wealthier women are more likely to have immediate breast reconstruction than their poorer counterparts, Johns Hopkins University researchers report. ...

Kashmir University Stops Construction to Save Chinar Trees

Kashmir University Wednesday suspended construction of a guesthouse inside the campus to save a dozen chinar trees from the axe following student protests . Vice Chancellor Abdul Wahid Qureshi halted the construction inside the chinar studded Naseem Bagh campus here. Hundreds of stu...

Medical College Construction At Raichur Makes Slow Progress

Slow progress in the construction of the proposed medical college at Raichur has raised doubts about completion of the project in time. // Members of the Medical Council of India would visit the site in February, and analyze if would be possible to recruit students in the forthcoming academic year...

Novel Biological Pacemaker Under Construction for Weak Hearts

Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a natural or rather biological pacemaker by fusing connective tissue cells of guinea pigs with heart muscle cells. The newly developed pacemaker can fire on it’s own and regulate the rhythm // of the heart in a more physiological way. Two sets of tiny el...

DNA Directory Under Construction For Indian Criminals !

India may soon have a legal framework in place for creating a DNA fingerprinting database //of convicts. A draft providing for the creation of such a database and its admissibility in courts as evidence is ready and is likely to be tabled in parliament this year. The first draft of the bill i...

Cogdell Spencer Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...rs, and provides strategic planning and design and construction services for the medical profession, announces fin... Build to Suit Development The Company began construction on a 50,575 square foot medical office building in...ld services. The Company obtained a $10.4 million construction loan on the medical office building. The loan pro...

NutraCea Announces Forbearance Agreement With Bank and Provides Update on Business Strategy and Transactions

...n PT Panganmas Inti Nusantara ("PIN"). The planned business of PIN was the construction and operation of a wheat flour mill in Indonesia including the production o...r payments to suppliers and vendors, and payments to the contractor for the construction of the facility (and ultimately to some of the subcontractors) were suspend...

US Oncology Reports Second Quarter Operating Results

...30, 2009, there were 84 physicians with signed agreements to join our network within the next 90 to 120 days and three integrated cancer centers under construction expected to be operational in the second half of 2009. President and Chief Executive Officer Bruce Broussard stated: "We continue...

Sunrise Reports Financial Results for Second-Quarter 2009

...faults under the Company's loan, joint venture and construction agreements; the risk that a group of the Company's... from any international expansion; development and construction risks; availability of financing for development, including construction loans as to which we are in default; risks associa...

MedCath Corporation Reports Third Quarter Earnings

...tures during the quarter totaled $18.6 million, which included $4.8 million related to maintenance expenditures and $13.8 million related to MedCath's construction projects. Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures Included in this press release and the supplemental financial information furnished her...

TrinityCare Senior Living Announces Further Expansion in Houston Area

... Trinity Woods , an 82-unit, $10 million senior living facility in Katy, Texas, should be available under the agreement this fall, with completion of construction anticipated in 2010. "The financial strength of this lender, which has extensive experience with HUD 232 lending in the senior living industr...

Samarion Announces Partnership With Adesta to Install the SamarionSolution Nationwide

...that brings innovative, flexible and cost efficient thinking to the design, construction and maintenance of stand-alone or integrated communication networks and ele...aha, Nebraska, Adesta is managed by executives from the telecommunications, construction and security industries. For more information, visit the company's website ...

Back-to-School Parents Earn an A+ in Safety: Backpacks, Cheerleading, Football

...als and emergency departments. To minimize injury, the AAOS recommends: Purchasing backpacks with different-sized compartments as well as construction features such as padded shoulder straps and dense material to protect against sharp, protruding objects. Organizing the backpack to use all of...

Compirion and Anderson Surgery Center Reduce OR Inefficiencies and Improve Finances

...to help capture more charges and to maintain par levels in inventory. A goal of an annual reduction in supply costs was set at $100,000. At this time, construction is underway, and supply costs have already been reduced by $10,000 per month. Physician and Staff Satisfaction improved, and lost revenue is being rec...

Muskogee Community Hospital Adopts Steril-Aire UVC Lights for Infection Control, Green Benefits

... The extensive use of UVC with the unique addition of the ceiling-mount units is one of many firsts achieved by MCH. Its environmentally friendly construction has made it the first healthcare facility to garner the EPA's "Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR(R)" recognition. MCH is also the first hospital to use...