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Methodist Healthcare celebrated the groundbreaking of Methodist ER Medina Valley, the newest free-standing emergency room (FSER) designed to improve access emergency care for residents of Medina Valley and surrounding community. The 11,175 square foot facility will operate as an extension of Methodist Hospital Westover Hills. The FSER will be open 24 hours a day, seven…

Healthcare facilities are constantly evolving to meet the demands of new technologies, changing patient care models and unpredictable emergencies. Facility managers are at the forefront of this transformation, tasked with ensuring spaces remain safe, compliant and operationally flexible. Achieving this balance requires a deep understanding of NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, which contains requirements…

Few institutional and commercial facilities are built with future maintenance in mind. The issue might have been one of many considerations during a facility’s design phase, but if maintenance was on that list, it was near the bottom. For this reason, many facilities include areas and components that are difficult to access for front-line technicians…

  Amid opportunities and questions, the U.S. construction industry continues to evolve in dynamic but sometimes challenging ways. The first half of the 2020s was a study in contrasts for contractors. As the country and construction industry emerged from the slowdown and economic tumult caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions drove costs higher….

At the confluence of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan, a long-stalled construction site in the City of Big Shoulders is being transformed into an ambitious new development: 400 Lake Shore Drive, a complex that the developer says will reshape the skyline while showing new ways that supertall buildings can be designed and built. The…

A refurbished government office in Whitehall has received an industry award for accessibility, according to the Government Property Agency (GPA). The GPA said its hub at 22–26 Whitehall had been awarded Inclusive Environments Recognition by the Construction Industry Council, in acknowledgement of its approach to inclusive design in a historic setting. The building brings together…