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Apr242012
Design Process for Healthcare Architecture
Jim Harrell
Jim Harrell, FAIA, FACHA conducted a lecture on the Design Process for Healthcare Architecture at Kansas University earlier this month. The lecture focused on issues of defining constraints and opportunities that drive the design, i.e. zoning, site configuration, topography, climate and existing conditions in remodeling projects. Jim further discussed the idea of passages or the connecting spaces to all of the program elements and how important that concept is in determining a successful design.
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Mar282012
Managing Business in China Over the Next Five Years
Matthew Schottelkotte
Matthew Schottelkotte's presentation during a webinar held at Frost Brown Todd that involves dissecting the Five-Year plan of China and what it means to U.S. businesses.
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Feb032012
High Stakes Process Management
Tom Gormley
GBBN's lead project managers invite clients from around the globe to share the key ingredients to successfully managing large, high risk projects as part of GBBN's 2012 Healthcare Design Forum. Real examples are shared from the University of Kentucky and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
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Feb032012
Global Thinking l Local Impact
Dan Shapiro
GBBN medical planners and designers invite clients from around the globe to share practical examples of how global design principles have impacted local projects as part of GBBN's 2012 Healthcare Design Forum. The presentation includes examples related to landmark presence, public spaces, natural light integration, and building orientation.
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Nov302011
Enhancing the Patient Experience: Design Drivers for Urban Hospital Ambulatory Care
Jim Harrell
Jim Harrell, GBBN's senior healthcare planner and designer and Tim Gramann, COO of Group Health Associates present their views on ambulatory care in the urban environment at the Health Care Design 11 Conference in Nashville.
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Sep192011
Design for Staffing Optimization
Jim Harrell
This presentation illustrates the "Ribbon" design for the Emergency Department using the ED at UPMC Mercy as a case study. The "Ribbon" or continuous, closed loop layout of exam rooms can keep operating costs in line. It permits a minimal staff to effectively manage a few more patients for a short period or until additional staff needed.
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Sep152011
Getting Your Hospital to Go Green
Alan Warner
Getting your hospital to "Go Green" does not start with a Sustainability Rating Systems, it's about the attitude your organization has in defining a systematic change to how you approach projects. In regard to Sustainability, it's a matter of asking three questions: Who are you? What are you? and Where do you want to go?
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Jul012011
BIM, BAM, BOOM
Jack Randall
There are many challenges facing today’s Facility Manager. They are constantly being requested to consider and utilize new technologies to manage their facilities. This presentation illustrates how BIM (Building Information Model) + BAM (Building Assembly Model) + BOOM (Building Operation Optimization Model) can help.
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Feb012011
Design Forum - China Healthcare
Dan Shapiro
The GBBN Healthcare Team invited clients from around the globe to discuss the latest trends in healthcare. This presentation represents trends in healthcare in China.
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Feb012011
Design Forum - Evidence Based Design
Jim Harrell
The GBBN Healthcare Team invited clients from around the globe to discuss the latest trends in healthcare. This presentation represents trends in Evidence Based Design.
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Feb012011
Design Forum - Trends in Technology
John Blignaut
The GBBN Healthcare Team invited clients from around the globe to discuss the latest trends in healthcare. This presentation represents trends in Technology in the healthcare environment.
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Feb012011
Design Forum - Trends & Tools
John Blignaut
The GBBN Healthcare Team invited clients from around the globe to discuss the latest trends in healthcare. This presentation covers the latest tools in the healthcare environment.
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Feb012011
Design Forum - Patient Safety
Jim Harrell
The GBBN Healthcare Team invited clients from around the globe to discuss the latest trends in healthcare. This presentation represents trends in Patient Safety.
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Dec152010
What happened to the Nurses’ Station? The case for the Interdisciplinary Team Center.
Jim Harrell
In today’s healthcare environment, the idea of the hospital-based Nurses’ Station is undergoing a major transformation. The notions that once defined the configuration of the Nurses’ Station have been altered by the transition to an electronic medical record and research on the environment of the patient care unit as it affects patients and staff.
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Dec012010
In and Out of the Emergency Room: Streamlined Design of Patient Flow
Jim Harrell
The Emergency Department has become the “Front Door” to the hospital. Many institutions report that fifty percent of more of their admissions come through the ED. Yet in many hospitals the flow to and through the Emergency Department is fraught with bottlenecks, confusing and conflicting messages regarding circulation to and within the ED. How can good design help patient flow?
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Nov222010
What Happened to the Nurses' Station?
Jim Harrell
What happened to the Nurses' station? The Case for Interdisciplinary Team Center. This presentation was shared at the Healthcare Design Conference.
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Nov092010
Green Roof Symposium
David Humlong
Learn more about the rooftop garden at the University of Kentucky Patient Care Facility. This was presented at the LFUCG Green Roof Symposium.
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Nov012010
Healing Environments in China
Jim Harrell
Healing Environments in China: Lessons Learned from Contemporary Chinese Design
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Oct042005
Putting a Number to the Quality of Life
Alan Warner
Green High Performance Design combines common sense standards with proven technologies to create integrated, consensus-based design. By incorporating the needs of Owners and Users with the initiatives of Architects, Engineers and Contractors, projects are delivered by considering the entire cycle of design, construction and operations.