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University
of Nebraska Medical Center: Durham Research Center
Omaha, Nebraska
The Durham Research Center enables UNMC to enhance its
numerous areas of research, including cancer, cardiovascular
diseases, neurosciences, transplantation biology, genetics and
eye research. |
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Boulder
Community Foothills Hospital
Boulder, Colorado
Dedicated in September 2003, the $53M Boulder Community
Foothills Hospital became the first hospital in the nation to
receive LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The hospital was awarded a Silver Rating. |
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Denton
A. Cooley Building—St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Houston, Texas
This new 10-story, 312,000-square-foot facility houses a
telemedicine center, 325-seat conference center, learning resource
center, outpatient clinic, ten surgical suites, recovery rooms,
and intensive care areas. |
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Rio
Grande Regional Hospital
McAllen, Texas
A multi-phase addition and renovation project encompassing
approximately 136,000 square feet of new space and over 85,000
square feet of renovation space. Use of a concrete building
structure facilitated the construction schedule and early
occupancy.
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Community
Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Monterey, California
The project scope included the addition of two new
3-story wings, each with about 100,000 square feet of floor
space while retaining the ambiance of the existing buildings
designed by the acclaimed Edward Durrell Stone in the 1960s.
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Southern
Regional Women's Center
Riverdale, Georgia
The $15 million Women’s Life Center features 8 ante-partum
rooms, 10 labor and delivery rooms, 32 post-partum rooms, 4
triage rooms, 10 GYN beds, and a 12-bed NICU nursery.Pre-construction
studies by the contractor concluded that concrete was the economical
option from a cost and schedule standpoint. |
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HealthSouth
Digital Hospital
Brimingham, Alabama
The 1,000,000-square-foot facility incorporates all the
latest digital technology the new millennium has to offer. The
hospital portion of the campus includes a 13-story structure
and a 10-story 1,500-car parking garage.The fast track schedule
challenged the design team, but the concrete frame facilitated
delivery of multiple packages broken down into foundations and
floors. |
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University
of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, Colorado
The $13.5 Million cancer/urology facility is a cast-in-place
concrete frame building with a glass and brick veneer exterior.
A concrete floor system was ideal for the owner requirements
of strict vibration control criteria, heavy floor loads, and
shallow floor depth to provide ease and flexibility for M/E/P
systems design and installation. |
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Center
for Advanced Clinical Studies, The Methodist Hospitals
Merrillville, Indiana
The Center for Advanced Clinical Studies creates a center
of excellence for the cancer and neuroscience programs at
The Methodist Hospitals Southlake Campus. This 3-story hospital
plus basement addition contains 96,000 square feet of space
for both inpatient and outpatient departments. These include
Medical and Radiation Oncology, Neuroscience, Electrodiagnostics,
Sleep Lab, and Neurosurgery offices.
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