Moving Ahead

Most likely, it can be agreed upon by all successful companies that time spent innovating is overwhelmingly more favorable than time spent fixing a preventable issue. MORE

According to an Advisory Board brief, a study in the Building and Environment Journal showed that not having operable windows in a hospital can save on heating, but be quite detrimental to infection control.   MORE

For years, manufacturers and consumers have had a mutual understanding – manufacturers make and consumers buy. MORE

Know What's Possible Before It's Too Late (Monday morning quarterbacking on Friday afternoon, BEFORE the game) MORE

To remain viable business entities while still delivering quality patient care, healthcare providers will need to address fundamental changes. MORE

For the Armed Forces, addressing Net Zero is operationally necessary, financially prudent and essential to mission accomplishment. MORE

Increasing pressures in the wastewater and water utility sectors for lower project design and construction costs, higher performance, faster project completion and streamlined project management are causing more owners to utilize Alternative Project Delivery (APD) methods MORE

For many years healthcare PD&C has been delivered in an inconsistent manner with very limited improvement in delivery models or methods when compared to other industries. MORE

In response to the current restrictions on government conference attendees, SAME National is offering stipends & registration waivers to qualified public sector/government attendees. MORE

The healthcare industry faces challenging yet exciting times as care providers work to organize and implement their strategies for success. MORE

The concern for contractors remains ensuring workers on a jobsite—often long distances from the corporate office—receive the proper safety training. MORE

So what is it about PDB that makes it such an attractive delivery method to owners within the water/wastewater industry? Simply put, PDB allows customers to realize both short-term and long-term life-cycle cost benefits. MORE

Rapid departmental growth has become common within healthcare. A popular solution—one that often initiates a chain-reaction of similar capacity planning challenges—has become “repurposing”. But for networked healthcare facilities consolidating support services may be the answer. MORE

Although JEA had identified a design as part of the original request for proposal, they saw value in allowing the design-builder to offer solution alternatives that would reduce impacts, cost and have a positive effect on the schedule.  MORE

Owner Scholarships are available for the National DBIA Water/Wastewater conference in Orlando, FL. Attending the National DBIA Water and Wastewater Conference is be a great way to expand your knowledge about Design-Build project delivery. MORE

How would a 25% volume increase in your emergency department affect the ability to treat patients? What if that spike lasted over the course of a month, or maybe two? Now play out that scenario with a staff reduced by two or three personnel.  MORE

Success as a healthcare organization relies heavily on the capability to provide quality care to patients. Like any other business sector, participants within the industry must continually improve to meet market demands. MORE

Inability to operate due to a loss of power drastically threatens a hospital’s capacity to fulfill its mission to patients and maintain profitability. MORE

The light bulb, the carton and the production line had to be rigorously designed. Failure at any point in the cycle means fewer light bulbs available to consumers. MORE

The U.S. Green Building Council(USGBC) has listened to the industrial/manufacturing sector, and in response established an initiative to further engage this sector by creating the LEED Manufacturing Users Group.  MORE