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Industry News Florida Hospital Celebration Florida Hospital Celebration Health Patient Tower wins 'Project of the Year' Florida Hospital Celebration Health Patient Tower in Celebration, Fla. recently won Project of the Year from Associated Builders and Contractors' Central Florida chapter. Held annually, ABC's Awards of Excellence Program is a competition that recognizes outstanding construction projects across the nation within a variety of industries. Built by Brasfield & Gorrie, the 252,000-square-foot facility includes a patient wing addition, new ambulance entrance and an emergency department imaging suite. The tower features 62 new patient beds, 31 new emergency department exam rooms, two emergency department operating room suites, a new pharmacy and lab and two shell floors for future expansion. PDC Summit to focus on developments in healthcare reform, disaster planning Registration is open for the 2013 International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction, which features important updates on key developments over the past year. The PDC Summit will be held Feb. 24-27 in through the lessons hospitals learned from Hurricane Sandy. For more details, visit www.pdcsummit.org. Health Care Institute of IFMA names new leaders San Francisco, Calif. The latest developments in healthcare reform will be discussed by featured presenters Paul Keckley of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions and Teri G. Fontenot, president and CEO of Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge and 2012 Chair of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees. Fontenot will discuss healthcare reform as it relates to the physical environment, including the owner's perspective of taking on new construction projects during economic downturns. Another session at the PDC Summit will discuss preparing for future disasters The Health Care Institute, an IFMA Alliance Partner, has announced leadership changes. Stepping in as president is Ron Kalich, national facilities director at Kaiser Permanente. Shifting to Immediate past president is William L. Gregory, vice president facility management at Adelphoi USA. Appointed to the Board of Directors is Dr. Steven Driggers, chief medical officer and vice president of physician services of Holy Family Memorial in Manitowoc, Wis. HCI serves a constituency that interacts directly with the business office and/or C-suite, and supervises multiple aspects of healthcare facilities management including facility design, construction and operations. Major activities of HCI include the "Benchmarking 2.0 for Health Care Facility Management Report," which is being produced jointly with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering and the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society. The upcoming edition is being expanded into a fullfledged North American report. For more information, visit the http://hci.ifma.org. In brief Specified Technologies, Inc. recently launched a new website, www.healthcarefirestop.com. The online tool is for anyone involved in firestopping of healthcare facilities. The new website includes applications, UL systems, codes and compliance issues, specification tools, technical support, product selection guidance and training and education. The information has been collected and vetted from a number of recognized industry authorities. Flad Architects recently released its whitepaper, "Incorporating Lean Principles in Healthcare Design." Readers will gain knowledge from the experience of architectural design teams, while highlighting specific examples and lessons learned. Readers will learn how to apply Lean to facility design by understanding who should be involved, which Lean concepts to incorporate, when to initiate Lean activities and what outcomes to expect. For details, visit www.flad.com. Frank Webb Architects was recently honored with an LA Architectural Award from the Los Angeles Business Council. The firm was honored in the Healthcare Category for the Kaiser Permanente South Los Angeles Medical Office Building. Located in an impoverished urban 10 Medical Construction & Design | January/February 2013 section of South Los Angeles, this new two-story, 15,000-squarefoot facility serves an increasing member population. The design intent was to promote a sense of community that looks at its past with pride and approaches its future with renewed optimism. The Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo is looking ahead to 2013 by opening the call for speakers. The symposium focuses on how the physical space directly impacts the staff, patients and their families and the delivery of healthcare. Submissions should highlight the entire team working together on designing, constructing and managing healthcare facilities both in the U.S. and internationally. The deadline for submission is Friday, Feb. 8. For more information, visit http://www.hcarefacilities.com/tospeak.asp. The Associated General Contractors of Ohio recognized the 12-story, 750,000-square-foot Nationwide Children's Hospital with a Build Ohio Award in the Construction Management category. The project employed BIM, and Lean construction techniques, as part of an integrated and collaborative approach to the construction process. www.mcdmag.com