Healthcare Design and Project Management
Newsletter
Bernstein & Associates,
Architects (Healthcare Design)
| Empire Projects, Inc. (Healthcare
Project
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May 2008 |
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In This Issue |
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Featured
Articles:
1. "Inflationary
Pressures
- Planning for price increases in capital
construction projects", (c)
Scott Nolin, Health Facilities
Management, May 2008
2.
"Managing Outcomes Helps a
Children’s Hospital Climb in Renown", (c) Reed
Abelson, The New York Times, September 15,
2007
3. ""Factories Fading, Hospitals
Step In", (c) Conor Dougherty, The Wall St.
Journal, April 15, 2008
Current
Work:
1.
"Current Healthcare and Laboratory Projects" by
Bernstein & Assoc., Architects and
Empire Projects,
Inc. | |
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About Bernstein &
Associates, Architects:
Founded in 1990, *Bernstein & Assoc.,
Architects - PLLC* is an award-winning architectural
firm specializing in : health care, elder care, dental,
laboratories, offices, educational, and infrastructure
work. (www.bernarch.com) |
About Empire Projects,
Inc.:
Founded in 2003, *Empire Projects, Inc.* provides
"Owner's Rep" services to facility owners, including
management of the design and construction process to
maintain quality standards, and assure conformance to
budget and schedule. (www.EmpireProjects.com
)
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Featured
Articles:
"Inflationary Pressures -
Planning for price increases in capital construction
projects", (c)
Scott Nolin, Health Facilities
Management, May 2008
"In 1999, voters in San Francisco approved
a $299 million bond measure to provide partial funding for
a skilled nursing facility. The estimated project cost was
$401 million, and the budget included 3.8 percent per year
in anticipated cost escalation. In early 2005, initial
bids revealed a projected budget shortfall of $96
million..."
For full text of the article,
go to:
http://www.bernarch.com/Articles-HFM-InflationaryPreasures.5-08.htm
" Managing
Outcomes Helps a Children’s Hospital Climb in Renown", (c)
Reed Abelson, The New York Times, September 15,
2007
"Although it is nearly 2,000 miles from Boise, Idaho,
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital means to make a visit here
worth a patient’s journey. Not content to play a
regional role, the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical
Center has emerged as a national name in pediatric
medicine, drawing patients from distant cities like
Boise..."
For full text of the article,
go to:
http://www.bernarch.com/Articles-NYTimes-ManagingOutcomes.5-08.htm
"Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In", (c) Conor
Dougherty, The Wall St. Journal, April 15, 2008
"In this aging manufacturing
region, where old-line industries like paper factories are
falling away, health care has emerged as the employer of
last resort. Between 1998 and 2007, the Bangor
metropolitan area (pop. 150,000) lost about 3,700 jobs in
manufacturing, but gained 3,500 jobs in health care. For
many residents in Bangor, the hospital is replacing the
mill as the passport to the middle class. For others, it
means lower wages and fewer opportunities to advance..."
For full text of the article,
go to:
http://www.bernarch.com/Articles-WSJ-FactoriesFading-5-08.htm
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*Current
Healthcare and Laboratory Projects*
Below are some highlights
of current/recent state-of-the-art, health care and
laboratory projects by Bernstein & Associates,
Architects and/or Empire Projects, Inc.
RADIOLOGY:
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A/E:
New and Renovated Multi-Modality radiology centers
involving the most up-to-date radiology equipment from
GE, Siemens, Philips, Stereotaxis, and
Varian
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A/E:
New Radiation Oncology Center
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Project Management: New Multi-Modality
Radiology including diagnostic and interventional
modalities
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A/E:
Research Radiology Suite (a 10,000 sf facility incl.
(2) 3.0 T MRI's, 7.0 T MRI, CT, Administrative and
Support)
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A/E:
Private Diagnostic Center, incl. Ultrasound, Bone
Densitometry
- A/E: Private Diagnostic Center,
incl. 1.5 T MRI, Open MRI, CT, Pet CT, Nuclear
Medicine, Ultrasound, Bone Densitometry,
Sonography
- A/E: New 64 Slice CT Suites
- A/E: Master Plan of Numerous
Radiology Depts.
- A/E: Radiofluoroscopy Suite,
including (2) RF rooms and support
- A/E: Diagnostic Center, including
CT and Open MRI
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A/E: Angiography
Suite
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A/E:
Private Diagnostic Center (a 10,000 sf facility incl.
MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Bone Densitometry, Nuclear
Medicine)
CARDIOLOGY:
- A/E: New Electrophysiology
Center including (4) EP Rooms, Administration Wing,
Conference Center and New Mechanical/Electrical
Infrastructure
- A/E and Project
Management: New Cardiology Outpatient Center
PSYCHIATRIC:
- A/E: Gut Rehab of
44,000SF, (85) Bed, Adult and Adolescent Inpatient
Psychiatric Center
- A/E: Creation of New (60) Bed Adolescent Inpatient
Psychiatric Center
- A/E: Master Plan and Renovations of Existing (105)
Bed Psychiatric Center, including: Adult, Adolescent,
Pediatric, Outpatient and CPEP
- A/E: Psych Patient Safety/Suicide Prevention
Audits, Upgrades, Renovations
ER/ICU/CCU:
- A/E: Gut rehab to nation’s
12th busiest Adult and Pediatric ER
- A/E: Intensive Care
Department (ICU, CCU)
- A/E: - Urgent Care Center
(including urgent care treatment facilities,
radiology, and support)
- A/E: Planning Study of
(13) Emergency Departments for the Westchester County
Department of Health
- A/E: Fast Track Suite
SURGERY:
- A/E: New - Ambulatory
Surgery Center (state-of-the-art facility including
four operating rooms, recovery rooms, and support
spaces)
- A/E: Expansion of Hospital OR Department
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A/E: Cystoscopy Suite
PHARMACY:
- A/E: Multiple New
Pharmacies including USP 797-Compliant Cleanrooms and
Anterooms, Pyxis Installations and Pharmacy Master
Plans
REHABILITATION:
- A/E: Narcotics Rehab
Center for 800 Patients
- A/E: Renovations for
Vocational Rehab, Social Work, Speech Therapy
- A/E: - Rehab Medicine
Center (PT, OT, Gym)
PATHOLOGY:
- A/E: Multiple Pathology
Department Renovations
ONCOLOGY and RADIATION
ONCOLOGY:
- Project Management: New
Oncology Center with (25) Chemotherapy Treatment Bays
- Project Management: New
Cancer Center Including Oncology, Radiation Oncology,
Breast Surgery and Vascular Surgery
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A/E: Linear Accelerator Addition
- A/E: New Linear Accelerator Installation
MEDICAL OFFICE
BUILDINGS:
- A/E: New 100,000sf Medical
Office Building
- A/E and Project
Management: New 20,000 sf. Medical Office Building,
Core and Shell and Tenant Fit Out
- A/E: New 18,000 sf.
Medical Office Building, Core and Shell, Tenant Fit
Out, Parking
- A/E: Renovation of 15,000
sf Medical Office Building, Core and Shell, Tenant Fit
Out, Parking
- A/E: Conversion of
Inpatient Hospital to Private Doctors’ Offices
NEUROLOGY :
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A/E: Institute for Child Neurology and Developmental
Medicine (a 16, 000 sf facility for adults and
children with developmental disabilities)
DERMATOLOGY:
- A/E: Cosmetic Surgery
Offices and Dermatology Treatment Facility
MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH CARE
PROJECTS:
- A/E: Master Plan, Renovations, Additions for 210
Bed Hospital
- A/E: Relocation fo 12,000 sf Department of
Medicine Offices
- A/E: New Dialysis Suite
- A/E: Resident’s Housing
--- Multiple Apartments for Doctors, Interns,
Residents
- A/E: Nursing School
Relocation
- A/E: New OB/GYN Department
- A/E: Open-Ended A/E
Contract with the University of Connecticut, including
the University of Connecticut Health Care
Center
- A/E: Open-End Contract for Medical Facilities
for U.S. Armed Forces in Northeast Region
- A/E: Sleep Center (a 4,400
sf facility incl. sleeping rooms, control room, and
support space)
- A/E: Medical Library
Renovation
- A/E: Medical Conference
Center (new conference center for physicians, medical
staff and interns, including support space)
- A/E: Executive Office Floors for Healthcare
Facility (a 20,000 sf facility, encompassing two
floors and conference rooms, offices, administrative
areas and support)
- Project Management:
Assistance to Various Hospitals with Violations,
Building Department Issues, and C of O
Issues/Revisions
- Project Management: Pain Management
Center
LABS:
- A/E: Virology Research Laboratory
- A/E: Pharmaceutical
Laboratory Renovation
- A/E: Renovation of the
Core lab of a Regional Integrated Laboratory System
- A/E: Quality Assurance Laboratory Renovation for
Fortune 50 Corporation
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Bernstein & Assoc., Architects – PLLC 59
West 19th Street - 6A, New York, NY 10011 Ph : 212-463-8200
/ Fx : 212-463-9898 / info@bernarch.com
Empire Projects, Inc. 59 West 19th Street - 6A, New
York, NY 10011 Ph : 212-463-0800 / Fx : 212-463-9898
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Bernstein
& Associates, Architects – PLLC / 59 West 19th St. - 6A,
NY, NY 10011
/ Telephone
: 212-463-8200
/ Fax : 212-463-9898 10011 /
Email : info@bernarch.com
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