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MEDICAL CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN (MCD) magazine is the industry’s leading source for current news, technology, and methods. MCD is a “horizontal? publication reaching all disciplines involved in the healthcare construction and design process, and has gained quick acceptance as a major resource for professionals in the industry. Medical Construction & Design publishes six bi-monthly issues a year starting with January/February.
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Healthcare and Education Building Markets Remain Particularly Strong as Energy, Materials and Commodity Costs Drive Construction Pricing Upward
2nd Quarter Turner Building Cost Index Forecasts 6.61% Increase Over One Year Period
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Calfornia Senate passes design-build healthcare legislation
The California Senate approved legislation that will allow healthcare districts to use the design-build contracting method for the construction of hospitals or health facility buildings and related improvements, including seismic retrofitting.
See link: http://lakeconews.com/content/view/4342/778/
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Joint Commission Implementation Task Force to continue work on medical staff standard revision
The Joint Commission’s Board of Commissioners approved the continued engagement of the Implementation Task Force on the revision of medical staff standard MS.1.20. The Board also suspended the July 2009 date for implementation of the current revised standard.
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Construction inputs surge in May
Construction input prices surged to 2.6 percent in May, according to the June 17 report of the producer price index by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Phoenix Health Systems See Cost Increases for Expansion Projects
Deteriorating Market Forces Refinancing of Auction-Rate Securities, According to New Report From HealthLeaders-InterStudy
NASHVILLE, Tenn., /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of healthcare market intelligence, reports that the collapse of the auction-rate securities market is triggering major cost increases for health systems that have borrowed money to undertake facility expansions. According to the latest Phoenix Market Overview, problems securing reasonable interest rates for variable-rate bonds have forced hospitals to refinance.
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| Prime Healthcare Services to Acquire Three Hospitals from Tenet Healthcare Corporation
VICTORVILLE, Calif., -- Prime Healthcare Services ("Prime Healthcare"), has acquired the 151-bed Encino Campus of Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center from Tenet Healthcare Corporation ("Tenet") effective June 1 and will operate the hospital as Encino Hospital Medical Center.
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| Heery International Tops $1 Billion in Revenues with Latest Acquisition
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the acquisition of San Diego-based Douglas E. Barnhart, Inc., Heery International has topped the $1 billion mark in revenues. This is Heery’s sixth acquisition in four years and its third in California. In January 2005, Heery acquired JCM Group, a Los Angeles-based construction program management group, and JCM Facilities Planning & Management, a Long Beach-based specialist in interior space planning and move management.
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New law would exempt Iowa’s rural replacement hospitals from public approval
The Iowa legislature has passed a bill that would allow rural hospitals to plan, build and move to a new replacement facility without being subjected to public hearing or obtaining a certificate of need.
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Nonresidential construction jobs decline
According to Associated Building and Contractors, nonresidential construction suffered significant job losses in April as employment declined by 28,300 jobs, according to the May 2 release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the 12-month period, from April 2007 to April 2008, nonresidential construction employment was down 79,100 jobs, making it the largest year-over-year decline since the period between June 2002 and June 2003.
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