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14 Medical Construction & Design | SEPTEMBER /OCTOBER 2015 | MCDM AG.COM Industry news, awards, etc. The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has released the Infection Prevention Manual for Construction & Renovation to serve as a blueprint for planning through completion. The manual contains 11 chapters on topics including construction and renovation policies, dust control techniques, water sampling and fl ood recovery and mold abatement. The manual includes a CD containing sample policies, checklists and other materials. For details, visit apic.org. Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, Toronto, Canada, is the only healthcare project to receive The CARITAS Project's Sixth Annual Generative Space Award. Additional winners include Town Hall Apartments in Chicago, Illinois and Humanscale's of ce in Denver, Colorado. Conceived as a village of care, the hospital supports individuals coping with complex chronic disease. The building design optimizes the therapeutic benefi ts of access to nature and landscape and provides views of the city to ensure patients and staf feel connected to the world. A place that was once a refuge for people with communicable diseases and house of detention for those who acted outside the law is now a campus of wellness. The project team included: Stantec Architecture/ KPMB Architects — planning, design and compliance architects and HDR Architecture/ Diamond Schmitt Architects — design, build, fi nance and maintain architects. Judges noted the facility draws from models other than the acute hospital. Its design references to health spas, shopping malls and rooftop terraces in order to create a place to fl ourish. RECOGNITION Award Recipients of the Sixth Annual Generative Space Award Announced APIC Releases Guide for Construction, Renovation Projects IN BRIEF The S/L/A/M Collaborative recently received recognition from the Connecticut Building Congress . The fi rm was among team members that received "Awards of Merit" for Danbury Hospital's Peter and Lucia Buck Pavilion, along with Gilbane Building Company and Middlesex Hospital Shoreline Medical Center, along with Whiting- Turner Contracting Company. The annual CBC awards are granted to project teams that have met or surpassed goals an d achieved higher project quality through this close collaboration. A free audio recording on how facilities management can impact patient satisfaction is available at acesummitandexpo.com. The recording was taken during a session at the ACE Summit , which was moderated by Health Care Institute Board Member Kathy Roper, also professor of Integrated Facility and Property Management, Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. ASHE recently recognized the fi rst group of recipients of the Ilse B. Almanza Scholarship at its 52nd Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition July 12-15 in Boston, Massachusetts. The scholarship paid the way for 12 ASHE members to attend the conference and benefi t from education and networking opportunities. The Joint Commission and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering recently launched the new Physical Environment Portal to provide online resources and tools for hospitals to be compliant with the most challenging Joint Commission Life Safety and Environment of Care standards. Information is offered in a variety of formats, including articles, videos and infographics. For more info, visit jointcommission.org. A revised copy of Design Guide 7.0 with three corrections in manufacturers' contact information was recently posted at fgiguidelines.org. The guide is co-authored by James M. Hunt, AIA, NCARB, president of Behavioral Health Facility Consulting and David M. Sine, ARM, CSP, CPHRM, president of SafetyLogic Systems. The guide addresses the built environment for adult inpatient behavioral healthcare units.