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Hunt Construction Group, HARDAWAY form strategic alliance to pursue healthcare projects Hunt Construction Group recently formed an alliance with HARDAWAY Construction Corp. to pursue the construction of healthcare facilities across a six-state region surrounding Tennessee.
The HuntHardaway Strategic Alliance creates a business unit that combines the specialized healthcare construction expertise of the Hunt Con- struction Group with local knowledge of HARDAWAY construction specialists. HARDAWAY's portfolio of healthcare projects includes facilities for Vander- bilt University Medical Center, Baptist Hospital, Middle Tennessee Medical Center, Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Sumner Regional Health Sys- tems and St. Thomas Hospital.
Lecture series eyes healthcare design solutions for under, uninsured
Relationships between architectural design and healthcare for the under and uninsured are the focus of the Center for Health Systems & Design's Spring 2012 Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series. The semester-long program, "Delivering Health Care to the Under & Uninsured: Innovative Solutions & Architectural Designs," is open to the public. The lectures began Jan. 18 on the Texas A&M; campus with a keynote address by Marjorie Petty, Region 6 director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The remaining lectures, featur- ing members of the allied healthcare, design and building professions, focus
Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital design wins People's Choice Award
JSA Inc. has been honored with the People's Choice
Award for Excellence in Architecture from AIA New Hampshire for the architectural design at Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital at Pease. The People's Choice Award is based upon voting by the public and the professional design community that takes place during the display of all 2012 AIA Award entries shown prior to its annual meeting. Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital at
Pease, specializing in serving patients with brain and spinal injuries, provides a reassuring environment with easy
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access to numerous therapeutic opportunities and exposure to activities of daily living indoors and out. An indoor gym includes a real car,
mock transit bus, mini-movie theater, café, convenience store and salon. Outdoors, patients experience various walking surfaces, a footbridge, raised planting beds, exercise equipment and a sports court. The fi rst level features a soaring lobby, dining space with a large outdoor patio, additional physical therapy space, hydro therapy, imaging facilities and a discreet ambulance entrance as well as supporting services.
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