Friday, January 30, 2009

Architect's New Medical Office Building Featured in New York Times

For Immediate Release (01/31/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased to announce that a new medical office building, designed by the firm for a location on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, has been featured in an article in the New York Times.

The new medical office building is currently under construction, and occupancy is expected in 2009. The building is a state-of-the-art medical office building, which will be used by a variety of medical specialties. The building exterior, which features a multi-hued brick and cast stone ornament, has been designed to harmonize with its residential surroundings.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects has specialized in healthcare and lab design and construction since the firm's founding in 1990. This architecture firm is well-known for the planning, design and construction of medical offices, including medical office buildings. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- is a well known healthcare architect who has written extensively on healthcare design and construction issues. He currently is writes a monthly column entitled “Hospital Design and Construction” for the Hospital Newspaper. A list of healthcare design articles can be found on the firm’s website: www.bernarch.com.

For Medical Office Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-medical-offices/

For more information about healthcare and hospital design and construction, including medical office design and construction, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A, New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212.463.8200
Fax: 212.463.9898
email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com

Monday, January 26, 2009

Architect Selected to Write “Hospital Design and Construction” Column

For Immediate Release (02/01/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased that the firm principal, well-known healthcare and hospital architect --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- has been selected to write a column entitled “Hospital Design and Construction” for the publication Hospital Newspaper.

The column will focus on the many aspects of specialized design and construction required by hospitals and healthcare facilities, as they improve their aging hospital infrastructure and/or add new programs and technologies to stay up to date with the fast moving world of the healthcare marketplace.

Mr. Bernstein is well equipped to write the column. He was educated at the Yale University School of Architecture, where he received a Master of Architecture. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, American College of Healthcare Architects, Construction Specification Institute and Project Management Institute. He is one of the few architects in the United States to receive the American Hospital Association Construction Management Certificate. He has written many articles on hospital and healthcare design and construction, and his healthcare and lab projects have won numerous awards and been published widely.

In addition, Mr. Bernstein is a principal of two healthcare and lab specialty companies: a healthcare and laboratory architecture firm --- Bernstein & Associates, Architects (http://www.bernarch.com/) --- and a healthcare and lab project management firm --- Empire Projects, Inc. (http://www.empireprojects.com/).

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in healthcare and laboratories. For more information about hospital and lab design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, AIA --- Principal --- Bernstein & Associates, Architects – PLLC --- 59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011 --- Office: 212.463.8200 --- Fax: 212.463.9898 --- Email: info@bernarch.com --- website: http://www.bernarch.com/

About Empire Projects, Inc.: Founded in 2003, this company is a project management and owner’s representative firm specializing in healthcare and laboratories.

For Hospital Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospitals/

For more information about project management of hospital and lab design and construction projects, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, AIA --- President --- Empire Projects, Inc. --- 59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011 --- Office: 212.463.0800 --- Fax: 212.463.9898 --- Email: info@empireprojects.com --- website: http://www.empireprojects.com/

Saturday, January 24, 2009

New Article on Design of Pharmacy to Conform with USP 797 (2008 Version)

For Immediate Release (01/31/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new article about design of pharmacies to conform to the 2008 version of USP 797. The article has been published in the February 2009 edition of Hospital Newspaper.The article discussed the latest edition of USP 797, and how pharmacists and pharmacy managers should plan, design and construct their pharmacies to conform to USP 797.

About USP 797: USP 797 is a far-reaching regulation that governs a wide range of pharmacy policies and procedures. It is designed both to cut down on infections transmitted to patients through pharmaceutical products and to better protect staff working in pharmacies in the course of their exposure to pharmaceuticals. Issued by U.S. Pharmacopoeia (USP), the regulation governs any pharmacy that prepares "compounded sterile preparations" (CSPs). Many pharmacies fit this description. Moreover, many large hospitals have several pharmacies--a main one and several satellite pharmacies--that will be affected. A good source of information about USP 797 is the website www.usp797.org, which includes commonly asked USP 797 questions and answers by USP 797 industry consultants.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in healthcare and laboratories, with a sub-specialty in the design and construction of USP 797-compliant pharmacy facilities. Over the last three years, Bernstein & Associates, Architects has designed over (20) USP 797-compliant pharmacies. The firm currently has four USP 797 compliant pharmacies in design or construction, including the new cancer center pharmacy at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

For USP 797 Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-usp-797-compliant-pharmacy-design-and-consulting/

For more information about pharmacy design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, AIAPrincipal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898Email: info@bernarch.comwww.bernarch.com

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Architect's New Cancer Center Pharmacy Goes into Construction

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased to announce that a new usp 797 compliant pharmacy, designed by the firm, is now in the construction phase. The phased pharmacy construction project is located at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, one of the nation's premier cancer centers.

The pharmacy project is a complete reconstruction of the pharmacy. The renovation had to be phased, to allow continuous, uninterrupted operation of the pharmacy. The project includes all new iso 7 anteroom, iso 7 hazardous compounding room, and iso 7 non-hazardous compounding room. The facility is a state-of-the-art pharmacy, that includes the latest pharmacy automation equipment.

About Roswell Park Cancer Institute:

Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), is America's first cancer center founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park. RPCI is the only upstate New York facility to hold the National Cancer Center designation of "comprehensive cancer center" and to serve as a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Over its long history, Roswell Park Cancer Institute has made fundamental contributions to reducing the cancer burden and has successfully maintained an exemplary leadership role in setting the national standards for cancer care, research and education.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects has specialized in healthcare and lab design and construction since the firm's founding in 1990. This architecture firm is well-known for the planning, design and construction of pharmacies, including usp 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- is a well known pharmacy architect who has written extensively on pharmacy design and construction including usp 797 compliant pharmacies. Mr. Bernstein's usp 797 articles can be found on the usp 797 website http://www.usp797.org/.

For Pharmacy Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-pharmacy/

For more information about healthcare and hospital design and construction, including pharmacy design and construction, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A, New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212.463.8200
Fax: 212.463.9898E
email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com