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B+T: 35 Years of Growth
Submitted by Beals and Thomas, Inc. From hopeful beginnings in 1984 in the basement of one of its founders, to offices in Southborough, Plymouth, and Boston, B+T is proud to celebrate 35 years of growth and advancement in the field of environmental consulting and design. This milestone for the company marks over three decades of […]
A Full Suite of Services Founded in Survey Intelligence
by Michael Feldman In today’s digital world, surveying has developed into an all-encompassing discipline that includes processes for the entire real estate project lifecycle. As such, there’s a need in our profession for a full suite of geospatial services that supports a construction or restoration project throughout its entire lifespan, from due diligence and acquisition […]
Creative Structural Solutions for a Biomedical Research Facility: Additions & Renovations to Demerec Laboratory
By Scott Erricson Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island sought to build a new addition to an existing laboratory on campus while also completely renovating the interior and exterior of Demerec, a mid-century modern laboratory that has housed four Nobel laureates. Demerec will be home to the new Center for Therapeutics Research, which will […]
The Blue Necklace
A Collaborative Design Exploration to Preserve Boston’s Existing Seafront From Rising Sea Levels While Promoting Urban Growth by Mark Reed and Stephanie Goldberg We now know that Boston will experience an existential threat from sea level rise within the century, or more catastrophically, in the nearer term. The question for future generations will be, “What did the […]
Transforming Outpatient Behavioral Healthcare Design
by Jason Costello and John Fowler According to the National Institute of Mental Health, behavioral and mental health (BMH) conditions affect one in five adults in the United States each year, yet only 41% of adults in the U.S. with a mental health condition received mental health services in the past year. As the stigma […]
DIRTT Brings Prefabrication to Clinical Healthcare Interiors
by Tim King For decades, prefabrication technologies have been adding value and efficiencies to different segments of the construction experience. Now the most sensitive and sophisticated healthcare environments are benefiting from pre-fabrication processes. Hospital bedrooms, ICU areas, exam rooms and other specialty spaces are being built nationwide by some of the largest and most innovative […]
Elevating the Patient Experience through Playfulness and Discovery
Editor’s note: The following article was provided to High-Profile by Tecton Architects in collaboration with Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Tecton is a member of the Construction Institute. Farmington, CT – One of the fastest growing trends in healthcare design is the emergence of clinical environments that don’t feel clinical. Healthcare organizations are increasingly drawing on […]
IoT in Healthcare Facilities: Planning for the Changing Future
by Jason Butler The interface and connectivity of infrastructure systems and equipment to information technology networks is rapidly changing and evolving. Recent advancements in computing power, data logging, on-board memory, energy consumption, and wireless connectivity systems now allow for cost-effective integration into healthcare systems and equipment. While this growth is providing astounding new capabilities for […]
Understanding and Avoiding Phishing Attacks
by Jesse Connolly If you want to partake in an eye-opening little exercise, open your contacts list and scroll through the first 100 entries. What would you say if I told you 97 of those names were a cybersecurity threat? According to extensive research by Intel, only three out of every 100 people can successfully […]
Acuity-Adaptable Rooms: What They Are and Why Hospitals Need Them
by Tom Ryan On the horizon is a new way and better way for hospitals to design their care: acuity-adaptable patient rooms. What are acuity-adaptable patient rooms? They are cutting edge hospital rooms that allow the care to come to where the patient is – via portable telemetry and diagnostics – rather than the patient needing […]
