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Product / Project Innovation Highlights

Adhesive-free Flooring by Altro
July 2023 ∘ Product / Project Innovation Highlights

Altro’s award-winning, adhesive-free floors offer you enhanced comfort under foot and greater impact sound reduction. These solutions provide complete flexibility and feature our most advanced Altro Easyclean technology, while retaining the benefits of reduced installation time and 100% recyclability.
Member Project

Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center
June 2023 ∘ Member Project

Stanford Medicine recognized the need for outstanding ambulatory care in the Redwood City, California area and set to work to build a campus specifically dedicated to outpatient services and care. Just two short years later, the Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center welcomed patients and staff providing world-class care in a beautiful, healing environment.
Webinar

The Evolution of Design Standards
June 2023 ∘ Webinar

This Voices of the Industry webinar offers a unique opportunity to hear from industry thought leaders who will explain the current state of affairs and the macro trends regarding design standards and guidelines. They’ll share insights from their varied perspectives and offer insights into how design standards continue to change, their impact on the design process, and the role you can play in their development.  
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Webinar

Sustainable Construction Through Prefabrication
June 2023 ∘ Webinar

This webinar highlights the case study of Baptist Health Care of Pensacola and the design of their new 57-acre campus. Presenters will discuss how this integrated design team approached prefabrication of the building envelope, MEP systems, and interior components. They’ll detail the benefits and risks of prefabrication, how the process reduced the carbon footprint, and how owners can truly benefit from the added coordination. Finally, the team will discuss how they proactively communicated to eliminate pitfalls and costly design changes that come from conventional construction methods through prefabrication.  
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Webinar

Building for Better Healthcare: How Prefabrication is Revolutionizing Construction Processes
June 2023 ∘ Webinar

For the past hundred years, prefabrication has helped to enhance cost-effectiveness and expedite construction timelines, but it isn’t enough. This webinar will provide an update on the current market status for healthcare prefabrication projects and projections for the next decade. Attendees will see proven case study findings from multiple completed productized healthcare projects, and the impact prefabrication can have on cost and sustainability.  
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Webinar

On The Way to Inclusivity: Drawing Towards Racial Equity in Healthcare Architecture & Design
May 2023 ∘ Webinar

This webinar will address how we as programmers, designers, and planners can influence inclusive healthcare environment that serves everyone. If health disparities are to be addressed holistically and universally, then healthcare design will be an important component of that shift. For clients that are serving underserved regions, whether with the construction of new facilities or the renovation of existing buildings on campus, we owe it to all shareholders to understand the issues of inclusive architecture, and to help them set, reach and exceed goals for meeting the needs of patients and families that traditionally do not have their healthcare needs met.
Member Project

Kaiser Permanente Caton Hill Medical Center
June 2023 ∘ Member Project

Caton Hill Medical Center brings state-of-the-art, single-facility comprehensive care to Northern Virginia. This new facility highlights Kaiser Permanente’s uniquely integrated health system by offering a full range of primary care, advanced specialty care, and convenient services under one roof.
Product / Project Innovation Highlights

Swiftstop Anti-Barricade Doorset with Full-Door Ligature Alarm by Safehinge Primera
June 2023 ∘ Product / Project Innovation Highlights

Swiftstop Anti-Barricade Doorset with Full-Door Ligature Alarm is the safest doorset in Behavioral Health. In an emergency, this world-leading doorset alerts staff and provides access to a patient’s room in two seconds.
Member Project

St. Elizabeth Healthcare Cancer Center
May 2023 ∘ Member Project

St. Elizabeth’s goal is to be the destination of choice in their region for cancer patients. Located at their Edgewood Hospital campus, the cancer program had outgrown their previous space and had become dispersed. This new 236,000 sf cancer center consolidates all services under one roof and promotes a compassionate place for wellness; provides flexible growth for future programs; promotes collaboration between medical staff; and inspires brand confidence. The design uses a combination of natural materials, soft geometry and emphasis on daylight create compassionate environments to elevate the patient and staff experience.