Pocono Medical Center Featured in Contract Magazine
Ewingcole designs a State-of-the-Art, Timeless Treatment Facility Nestled in the Pocono Mountains
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Healthcare News – November 2012
Looking Ahead
Inpatient Hospital Facilities: The Next 10 Years
By Patrick Shultz, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP
In May 2007, the American Hospital Association published its report “When I’m 64, How Boomers Will Change Health Care”. The report details how Baby Boomers, as they age, will impact U.S. healthcare. As Boomers reach age 65, they will do so at a rate of over 10,000 per day, or 4,000,000 per year. The report states, “By 2030, there will be more than 70 million Americans over age 65”. This aging population will utilize the bulk of health care resources and represent a full one-third of our U.S. population moving through the health care system and its facilities by 2030.
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EwingCole Wins Design-Build Award
United States Military Academy Preparatory School is $198 Million Success Story
Philadelphia, PA (July 2012) – EwingCole, one of the nation’s leading architecture, engineering, and interior design firms, is pleased to announce that the United States Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS) is the recipient of a 2012 Design-Build Merit Award, given by the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA).
EwingCole and STV were commissioned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, New York District to design at the US Military Academy’s (USMA) historic West Point campus. The mission of USMAPS is to provide focused academic, military and physical instruction in a moral and ethical environment and to prepare, motivate and inspire candidates for success at the USMA.
“EwingCole is proud to be part of the team that successfully completed the first design-build acquisition for the USMA,” said John Capelli, AIA, EwingCole’s project principal. “We developed a planning and design solution that supports and enhances the mission of USMAPS while leveraging the natural opportunities of the site.”
The award will be bestowed in New Orleans at the DBIA national conference during a ceremony on the evening of November 8 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. In announcing the awards, the DBIA stated that this year’s program “was the most competitive to date and the submission was rigorously judged by a panel of owners and DBIA professionals.”
The school offers 73,000 sf of academic and operations facilities, including a 330-seat lecture hall; 14,000 sf cafeteria and kitchen; and 246-bed quarters.
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EwingCole and WTW Architects Team Up to Design New “Fusion” Building
Philadelphia, PA (June 2012) – EwingCole, an award-winning architecture and engineering firm, in a joint venture with WTW Architects, has been selected by East Stroudsburg University (ESU) to design the new Keystone Commons building.
According to ESU’s 2010 Campus Facilities Master Plan, it was determined that the Center for Hospitality, the University Center, the Computing Center and the Kemp Library were inefficient buildings in need of extensive renovations to accommodate the needs of an increasing student population. In lieu of investing in these aging buildings, ESU determined it was more practical to bring these programs together in a new Keystone Commons.
“Trending on higher education campuses across the country is the design of facilities that collocate previously separated student activities,” said Chuck Rudalavage, AIA, LEED AP, principal of EwingCole’s Higher Education Practice. “The fusing of these four programs into a centrally-located Commons is a tremendous opportunity to change the face of student life on the Campus.”
In order to maintain continuous operations, the 269,000-square-foot Keystone Commons is being constructed in two phases. The first phase is approximately 162,000 square feet and expected to be complete by 2015. The building is being designed to achieve LEED Silver certification and will include digitally interactive spaces for group projects, an art gallery and the University’s campus-wide data center. The project’s estimated construction cost is $90m.
Patrick Schultz joins EwingCole as Director of Healthcare for Washington, DC office
EwingCole is pleased to announce that J. Patrick Schultz, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP, has joined the firm as Director of Healthcare Practice in our Washington, DC office. With over 25 years of proven experience in planning and designing healthcare, medical research, and government medical facilities within the mid-Atlantic region, Pat Schultz is widely recognized for his ability to collaborate amount owners, consultants, construction managers and users to deliver highly complex, multi-phase projects. His understanding of the challenges facing providers in the current healthcare climate and his expertise in creating design solutions will enhance our clients’ operational efficiency and brand.
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EwingCole Wins Engineering Awards
Philadelphia, PA (June 2012) – EwingCole, one of the nation’s leading architecture, engineering, and interior design firms, is pleased to announce that it has won three awards from the Delaware Valley Association of Structural Engineers (DVASE). The projects honored by DVASE are the Outpatient Cancer Center at Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg, PA; the New Headquarters for the United Therapeutics Corporation in Silver Spring, MD; and the Pedestrian Connector for the United Therapeutics Corporation.
“EwingCole’s engineers are focused on delivering collaborative solutions that are sustainable, cost-effective, and address the long term needs of a building,” said Mark Hebden, EwingCole’s President. ”We are honored that our creative solutions to these structural challenges have been recognized by our peers.”
The winning projects were announced on May 16th at the Excellence in Structural Engineering design awards program held at the Top of the Tower at 3 Logan Square, Philadelphia.
The Dale and Frances Hughes Cancer Center of Pocono Medical Center won the “2012 Outstanding Project Award.” Completed this past spring, the 65,000 square-foot cancer center consists of composite slab on metal deck construction with a lateral system composed of ordinary steel concentrically braced frames. Drilled piers make up the structure’s foundation. The building was designed for future expansion up to six additional stories. A skywalk footbridge of steel trusses connects the Cancer Center to the main hospital. United Therapeutics’ New Headquarters project won an “Award of Merit.” This eight-story office tower with two below-grade parking levels beneath an elliptical auditorium structure presented structural challenges. Support of the auditorium shape, […]