New green buildings strategy mostly a rehash

New green buildings strategy mostly a rehash

The Canadian government’s newly released green buildings strategy contains little that is actually new for commercial real estate and public sector facilities. Rather, it’s an after-the-fact summary of programs and policies that have already been announced and funding initiatives that are mostly in progress — fulfilling the 2022 federal budget promise for an overarching masterplan,…

From Old to Gold: Transforming Historical Structures for the Future

From Old to Gold: Transforming Historical Structures for the Future

Here are four tips for adaptive reuse projects to help ensure success. Adaptive reuse is all about taking obsolete buildings with character and transforming them into something new and vibrant while keeping their historical charm intact. It goes beyond the metaphorical facelift and offers repurposing and reinvention for tired buildings that might otherwise be forgotten…

HGA Announces Completion of Beth Israel Center for Advanced Heart Failure & Cardiomyopathy

HGA Announces Completion of Beth Israel Center for Advanced Heart Failure & Cardiomyopathy

The newly designed outpatient clinic was a full-gut renovation of about 11,000 square feet on the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center campus. HGA is pleased to announce the completion of the new Center for Advanced Heart Failure & Cardiomyopathy Care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston. HGA reimagined the patient and provider…

Strategies and Tactics to Target Ligature Risks

Strategies and Tactics to Target Ligature Risks

Patient suicide and self-harm both rank among The Joint Commission’s top 10 sentinel events. Suffocation-related suicide caused by hanging, asphyxiation, strangulation and other means was the second leading cause of self-inflicted deaths, according to a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) measuring suicide mortality in the United States from 2000–2020….

More housing options coming to B.C. communities

More housing options coming to B.C. communities

Provincial legislation to fix outdated zoning rules and create more small-scale multi-unit homes has now been adopted into local bylaws by almost 90 per cent of B.C. communities. Out of 188 local governments in B.C., 162 have adopted the legislation, and another nine communities are actively working on it. “People expect governments to work together…

Transforming Old Industrial Building to Innovative Lab Space 

Transforming Old Industrial Building to Innovative Lab Space 

Photography by Misha Bruk, BrukStudios.com Adaptive reuse project creates interactive environment for MBC Biolabs MBC Biolabs in San Francisco represents a cutting-edge adaptive reuse of a historic industrial maker space, delivering a modern and dynamic environment. The nearly century-old Potrero Hill industrial building spans 28,302 square feet and now serves as a prime location for…