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14 Medical Construction & Design | M A RCH /A PR IL 2017 | MCDM AG.COM IN BRIEF Nominations are being sought for this year's AIA Academy of Architecture for Health's List of Healthcare Design's Best Under 40 , which celebrates individ- uals under the age of 40 who are making a signifi cant contribution to the advance- ment of health facilities design. For more information, visit network.aia.org. In response to changes to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Life Safety Code, CannonDesign has launched REALIZE Life Safety Solutions — a suite of services and software solutions focused on helping healthcare facilities teams assess their compliance with life safety code standards. For details, visit cannondesign.com. Offi ce Furniture Group , an interior workplace systems and furniture provider based in Irvine, California, has joined The Innovation Institute as one of its health- care service company subsidiaries. OFG represents over 250 manufacturers. ECRI Institute has released its annual Top 10 Hospital C-suite Watch List to help hospital leaders make tough decisions about new and emerging technologies in 2017 and beyond. See the list at ecri.org. In its latest free video, the Health Care Institute , an IFMA Alliance Partner, provides solutions on how to meet the new consumer expectation driving the "retailization" of healthcare. HCI's 5-min- ute video, "Real Estate Strategies that Support the Retailization of Healthcare," shares insight from healthcare designers and real estate experts on factors to con- sider when targeting new outpatient loca- tions, including travel time, the number of people able to be served by a single clinic, times to be open, demographics and more. Visit hcinstitute.info. Industry news, awards, etc. The National Organization for Arts In Health will host its fi rst-annual conference in conjunction with the 30 th Annual Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Exposition, which will be held Sept. 18-20 in Austin, Texas. HFSE conference attendees will have access to the keynotes, luncheons and expo events, as well as an "Arts in Health" track. As such, NOAH is inviting proposal submissions for 30-, 60- and 75-minute presentations that can assist the collective fi eld of arts in health in "Chart- ing a Path Forward." Material should address one or more of these areas: Best practices, research, policies, arts improving the customer experience, arts improving community health, arts in the military, arts and aging, arts assist- ing in life transitions and arts' impact on health outcomes. For more details, visit thenoah.net. National Organization for Arts In Health, HFSE Form Partnership Despite economic uncertainties, growth predicted for the nonresidential construction market With construction spending continuing on an upward trajectory, 2016 can be considered a successful year for the nonresidential building sector. For this year, the American Institute of Architects' semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast is projecting growth in overall nonresidential building spending of almost 6 percent, just below the pace of growth for 2016. Projected growth for healthcare facilities in 2017 and 2018 remains the same at 4.9 percent. The commercial construction sectors — retail, offi ce and hotel — will continue to lead the building recovery, while industrial construction is projected to see almost no increase this year. For 2018, the institutional construction sectors will generate much of the growth, particularly the large education structures market. For more details, visit aia.org. HEALTHY OUTLOOK Andres Rodriguez/Dreamstime CLARIFICATION In the January/February issue of MCD, Keith Beneke was listed as co-author of the "Collaborative Care" ar ticle on page 34. This is incorrect. The author was co-written by Stephen Buckeridge, MedCraft develop- ment principal. We apologize for the error. 2017 2018 Overall nonresidential building 5.6% 4.9% Commercial / industrial 8.3% 4.4% Offi ce space 10.6% 4.6% Hotels 7.2% 1.8% Retail 6.8% 5.3% Industrial facilities 0.4% 3.3% 2017 2018 Institutional 5.7% 5.8% Amusement / recreation 7.7% 4.3% Education 6.3% 6.7% Healthcare facilities 4.9% 4.9% Public safety -0.7% 4.0% Religious -1.9% 0.6% MARKET SEGMENT CONSENSUS GROWTH FORECASTS