By Leeta-Rose BallesterWhen its doors open next week, Stanford Cancer Center South Bay will be more than just a medical facility that is closer to local residents than Palo Alto: It will also feature some of the comforts of home.The 70,000-square-foot building at Highway 85...
Read More Chris Rauber San Francisco Business TimesStanford Health Care topped off its $2 billion new hospital structure Monday, placing a 30-foot-long, 3,400-pound beam atop the facility's 18,000-ton steel skeleton. Hundreds of construction workers and roughly 500 Stanford employees, doctors, community members, donors and elected officials attended a "topping...
Read More By Jason Green Daily News Staff WriterPALO ALTO -- Construction of the new Stanford Hospital crossed a major milestone with the "topping off" of the 18,000-ton steel structure this week.It took just moments for a crane to hoist the final 3,400-pound section into place. Painted white,...
Read MoreBy Andis RobeznieksDesigners of new hospitals want to make them look more like luxury hotels. But that can be a challenge as heightened concerns about protecting staff and patients from physical violence force designers to build in more security features.Healthcare architects are being asked to...
Read MoreBy Jessie FetterlingPALO ALTO, Calif. — Construction of the new 824,000-square-foot, 600-bed Stanford Hospital on the Stanford University Medical Center (SUMC) campus in Palo Alto is well underway. While the new facility will enhance capacity, it will also accommodate new medical technology as well as...
Read MoreJason Green, Daily News staffConstruction on the new Stanford Hospital is progressing, with crews installing 206 base isolators, according to a project spokeswoman.The isolators will allow the building to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake. They come in two sizes, with the smallest weighing 2.5 tons...
Read MoreWhen patients walk into Stanford Hospital & Clinics’ new neuroscience medical office building at the end of 2015, they won’t have to visit multiple registration desks when seeing different doctors. Migraine sufferers can relax away from aggravating fluorescent lights. And a ground-floor “multifunction” space will...
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