While we think of hospitals, nursing facilities, and residential care safety to be a key priority in medical building design, work-related illnesses and injuries are a growing problem within the healthcare industry. In June of this year, OSHA released a detailed report noting over 244 thousand illnesses and injuries were recorded by U.S. hospitals in 2013. Cases resulting in lost workdays totaled in over 57 thousand alone! To bring down these numbers, OSHA has recommended new guidelines for medical construction in three key areas…. [Read More]

When you are investing in a medical construction company, you want a property that will give you a return on your investment far into the future. Bringing these ambitions to life means following the latest trends in medical building construction. More than most trends in other industries, medical building trends are directly affected by government policies and economic fluctuations. These factors have brought about a new structure of medical office buildings (MOB) that reflect a new way of doing business called “shared medical appointment” (SMA). Here are 4 trends in medical building construction you need to know in order to stay ahead of economic, consumer, and government policy changes.… [Read More]

With its passage in 1990, the American Disabilities Act changed medical building construction for the better. Since then, advocates for accessibility have identified numerous areas for improvement in the relationship between ADA compliance and real-world functionality in existing medical buildings. A recent Census Bureau report noted that more than 56 million individuals with disabilities represented 19 percent of the U.S. population in 2010. The report points out that nearly 1 in 5 people have a disability, and more than half of those are considered to be severely disabled. These figures draw a clear picture of a growing population that will need medical construction company improvements in existing ADA accessibility across all types of medical facilities.… [Read More]