Hospital Design and Construction - Economics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Winning cancer centre has 'hotel-like' quality.

30 Mar 2009 A "highly effective" three-way partnership between architects Anshen + Allen, the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Laing O'Rourke, has created a non-institutional and welcoming new cancer treatment and renal services centre in ... Read more...

Capitalising in the long term.

30 Jan 2009 Bernd Rechel, Stephen Wright, Nigel Edwards, Barrie Dowdeswell and Martin McKee report on an international study on improving the effectiveness of health capital investment which analyses innovative European capital projects and examines the key ... Read more...

Transforming Welsh healthcare.

30 Dec 2008 A fast-track procurement system for Welsh public healthcare projects involving three main project partners "pools" is speeding up the start and completion of hospital building projects, creating a more collaborative, less adversarial working ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hospital Design and Construction - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Walking on golden eggshells. Some Calif. hospitals sweating seismic mandates. 20 Jun 2009
• Where is the value in value engineering? 30 May 2009
• Still marching along. As construction spending slides, stimulus money fuels military projects. 23 May 2009
• Newfound popularity. Crisis wins converts to FHA insured mortgages. 11 Apr 2009
• Winning cancer centre has 'hotel-like' quality. 30 Mar 2009
• Training. Learning on the job. 24 Mar 2009
• The pressure builds. Annual Construction & Design Survey shows 2008 kept architects and builders busy, but respondents confirm the trend toward fewer and smaller projects. 14 Mar 2009
• Broken ground. Economy puts construction on shaky footing. 14 Mar 2009
• Not so hot. Hospital construction boom starts to cool, annual survey shows. 27 Feb 2009
• [We are building New Karolinska for future health care] 30 Jan 2009
• Capitalising in the long term. 30 Jan 2009
• Shriners suspends projects. System readjusts after huge hit to endowment. 24 Jan 2009
• What will happen to Charity Hospital and other endangered projects? A fresh look at the state of historic preservation. 30 Dec 2008
• Transforming Welsh healthcare. 30 Dec 2008
• Public-private partnerships, part 2: calculations of risk. 2 Nov 2008
• Are decisions about hospital design made upside down? 29 Sep 2008
• Built to last. Healthcare construction spending holding up well. 23 Aug 2008
• Nonprofit hospitals come under public fire for huge war chests, tony improvement projects. 30 Jul 2008
• Flexible spending. Contingencies keep project budgets on track. 30 May 2008
• To buy or to build? Hospitals are facing tough choices when planning to expand. 30 May 2008

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Technical information about 'Hospital Design and Construction'

Definition: The architecture, functional design, and construction of hospitals.

Descriptor UI: D006749

Alternative terms: Hospital Design and Construction; Hospital Construction and Design; Hospital Designs; Hospital Design; Design, Hospital; Designs, Hospital; Hospital Renovations; Hospital Renovation; Renovation, Hospital; Renovations, Hospital; Hospital Construction; Construction, Hospital;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; standards; statistics & numerical data; ethics; trends;

Tree Number: J01.086.339.250; N02.278.200.403;

Online Note: use HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION to search HOSPITAL PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION 1966-67

History Note: 68; HOSPITAL PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION was heading 1963-67

Technical Notes: differentiate from HOSPITAL PLANNING (develop of plans at a community, state, regional or natl level): HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION refers to architecture & decor; DF: HOSP DESIGN