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Wrangling 2012

January 4, 2012     Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Editor-in-Chief
With another year behind us, what are some of the business issues the healthcare construction industry is going to need to get under wraps in 2012?
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Building Data Centers Today to Support Tomorrow's Processing Needs Part 1

May 3, 2011     Fred Jaeckle and Brian Nuehring
The electrical distribution room with UPS system at the Community Health Network data center in Indianapolis.
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Cashing in on consolidation

April 30, 2011     Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editor
Spurred by healthcare reform, scarce capital, and a competitive marketplace, healthcare providers look toward consolidation as a way to stay afloat
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Who says an office building can't go medical?

April 30, 2011     Ketan Sanghvi
The Center Pointe project in Atlanta's Pill Hill area proves that it is possible to convert a mainstream office building to a medical office building.
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A Plan of Action - Finding Solutions for the Construction Industry

March 21, 2011     Shandi Matambanadzo
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) released a new strategy on March 15, 2011, to help fuel activity in both the public and private
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Commissioning comes into its own

March 1, 2011     Richard L. Peck, Contributing Editor
The idea of commissioning-“test driving” a new building's key operational systems before the official opening-makes intuitive sense. Who wouldn't
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The basics of flooring

March 1, 2011     Richard L. Peck, Contributing Editor and Shannon Powers-Jones, Contributing Editor
It is difficult to believe the sheer complexity of the decision making involved in so mundane-seeming a topic as flooring for healthcare facilities.
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Healthcare survey: Hospitals dependent on availability of technology

March 1, 2011     Dan Draper
With an increasing dependency on technology amidst cautious budgets, it's no surprise that Emerson Network Power's recent survey of hospital IT
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Energy conservation comparisons

March 1, 2011     Michael Vanden Berg, PE
The replacement of a 60-year-old central plant and aging infrastructure on the campus of a healthcare facility in St. Louis gave the owners the
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Has Value Engineering Become Civilized?

October 31, 2010     Richard L. Peck, Contributing Editor
A few years ago, the owners of a hospital under construction near Denver decided to increase the project's scope and budget during schematic design
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