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Hospital annex expected to bring jobs to Junction City
Construction has began on a 220,000-square-foot Oregon State Hospital annex in Junction City, which is expected to provide hundreds of jobs 鈥� including some permanent ones, according to city and state officials.
Legacy renovates former pediatric space into intensive care units
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center is planning to perform a total of $25 million in renovations in three buildings at the hospital's North Portland campus.
Junction City psychiatric hospital downsized
An effort to ensure that ailing Oregonians receive the appropriate type of health care has changed plans for the new state psychiatric hospital in Junction City.
Vancouver hospital at center of study for energy reduction
A federally funded study released recently focused on the Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver, Wash., in order to determine better ways for hospitals to reduce energy consumption.
Fly around Legacy’s new Children’s Hospital, thanks to the power of the Internet
Before Intel started building like crazy in Hillsboro, the new Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel was the largest private construction project happening in the Portland area. ZGF designed and Hoffman is constructing the building, which is now visible from the Fremont Bridge 鈥� it's the one big building in the middle of its neighborhood.
Kaiser hospital under construction hits legal snag in quest for LEED
The Westside Medical Center, a Kaiser Permanente complex under construction in Hillsboro, is on track to be certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold, but when an installed insulation material was declared illegal in Oregon, the company paid approximately $500,000 to have most of it removed.
ZGF designs Bay Area Hospital expansion in Coos Bay
An expansion of the Bay Area Hospital building in Coos Bay will create a new wing on the 40-year-old building, allowing for modern upgrades and a better patient and staff experience.
Eugene hospital officials want to further delay $73M project
PeaceHealth officials earlier this week asked state administrators to let them wait six additional months before beginning construction of a $73 million project at its Sacred Heart University District campus in downtown Eugene.
Legacy鈥檚 children鈥檚 hospital will stick out on the east side
A $250 million, nine-story building will be the new home for The Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel when it opens next year. The design team tried to make rooms feel homey instead of clinical so that the building won't feel like a hospital.
Renderings of Children鈥檚 Hospital at Legacy Emanuel
The Children鈥檚 Hospital at Legacy Emanuel won鈥檛 resemble a hospital on the inside: ceilings, walls and floors will be paneled with wood; every patient room will be private and have a pull-out couch for visitors; and family lounges, gardens and even an art studio are designed to avoid a clinical feel.
Salem Hospital to be designed by Mahlum Architects
The Salem Hospital will soon be modernized and easier to navigate. Building B, the hospital's oldest building, will receive improvements, and the Psychiatric Medicine Center will be completely renovated. The Building B project, designed by Mahlum Architects, will include a lobby renovation and a new public concourse to connect the main lobby with the north lobby.
Holiday decorations at children’s hospital site
Snowmen, candy canes, Christmas trees and a reindeer have been created from construction materials to be displayed for kids spending the holiday season at the Children鈥檚 Hospital at Legacy Emanuel. Workers received a card from the mother of one of the patients that started out 鈥淒ear Construction Angels鈥� and went on to describe the joy that the sculptures had brought to her child.
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