CHALLENGE The Veterans Administration is working diligently to bring parity to the Women’s Services they provide. In order to offer the highest level of care for which the VA is known, The VA has identified several sites which need more space, better quality space reflective of women’s care needs, better accessibility and a more intuitive flow. SOLUTION […]
As a healthcare architect, I am often on-site at hospitals and health centers. Most projects give me the opportunity to get to know the facility’s staff and experience a bit of their day-to-day. One of the most rewarding parts of my job is the staff’s recognition that their needs have been fulfilled as they prepare to occupy […]
Each day, I experience healthcare from the designer’s standpoint. I visit hospitals and healthcare centers every week for project meetings, walkthroughs, presentations, survey work and punch listing.
Jay has design and project coordination expertise in all areas of the industry and across in- and outpatient Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. His technical focus ensures a proper coordination between building engineering elements, the established building program and the aesthetic goals of the institution. Jay works as a Project Architect, closely examining and fulfilling client […]
Co-authored by Morgan Young. In 2019, the Lebanon, PA Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center tapped Miller Remick and Array Architects to design and construct a Community Living Center (CLC) that follows the VA standard small house model for their campus. Little did the team know that the pandemic was about to fundamentally change how age-in-place […]
A hospital laboratory is one department which is relied upon by almost every other department throughout the facility. There is often no time for downtime, which results in complicated construction phasing when it is time for renovation.
Challenge To accomodate census increases, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center needed to expand their intensive care facilities on a land-locked campus. Solution A design-build team collaborated to create a two-story overbuild on the fifth floor of the main hospital to provide nine private ICU rooms and central team center. The overbuild included several overhangs to provide […]
Challenge Seeing their emergency patient volume increase, the VA turned to Array to assist with an expansion that would provide a “benchmark” ED within the Veterans Affairs system. Solution Recognizing that the client’s scope for this project exceeded their available budget, Array developed a phasing solution that would meet the VA’s goals for a world-class […]
