Jeff Ferenc
Articles
Facility Engineering
Mazzetti, GBA merger unites health care engineering and tech consulting leaders
Merger responds directly to tech's growing influence on facility management.
Construction
Containment barrier keeps patients safe during renovation
Central Maine Medical Center uses airtight containment barrier to meet CDC requirements.
Architecture, Architecture Profiles
Centegra Hospital-Huntley focuses on details designed to satisfy patients
Physician nurses weighed in on construction of the new 360,000-square-foot Illinois hospital.
Construction, Construction Profiles
Pediatric simulation center provides realistic learning environment
Children's Minnesota opens simulation center to provide real-world training.
Architecture, Architecture Profiles
Mercy Health Jewish Hospital completes $80 million expansion, renovation
New patient tower combines modern design and new health care services.
Maintenance and Operations, Energy Management
Cleveland Clinic's green revolving fund delivers results
Health system pays for lighting retrofit, building automation upgrade largely with green fund.
Architecture, Architecture Compliance
Study tests one way to change patient room design and satisfaction
Gresham, Smith and Partners leads research on impact of reorienting patient beds.
Operations Related to Environmental Hygiene
New E. coli strain reinforces need for effective ES, hand hygiene, experts say
Rigorous cleaning standards can help to prevent spread of new antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Architecture, Architecture Compliance
Assessing the current and future state of health care design
D. Kirk Hamilton is positive about the outlook for health care design and related research.
Facility Engineering, Building Infrastructure Equipment
Hospital upgrades ventilation system with innovative option
Nashville facility retrofits outdated exhaust air system with hidden risers and an ERV.