Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Medical Office Design for Radiology Practice

A medical office design for a radiology practice is underway at healthcare architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects. See http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-radiology/ for more information about radiology office design.

This radiology office suite in New York is focused on outpatient radiology, and includes multiple radiology exam rooms, radiology consulting offices, and radiology support spaces.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including radiology planning and radiology design. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare and radiology architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art radiology design.

For further Information about planning and design of a radiology office suite, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

New York (Headquarters)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway-803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-237-3750
F: 860-237-3751
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-241-7370
F: 609-241-7371
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-568-4610
F: 213-568-4611
Email: info@bernarch.com

Medical Office Design for Cardiology Practice

A medical office design for a cardiology practice is underway at healthcare architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects. See http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-cardiology/ for more information about cardiology office design.

This cardiology office suite in New York is focused on outpatient cardiology, and includes multiple cardiology exam rooms, cardiology consulting offices, and cardiology support spaces.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including cardiology planning and cardiology design. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare and cardiology architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art cardiology design.

For further Information about planning and design of a cardiology office suite, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

New York (Headquarters)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway-803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-237-3750
F: 860-237-3751
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-241-7370
F: 609-241-7371
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-568-4610
F: 213-568-4611
Email: info@bernarch.com

Medical Office Design for Rehabilitation Medicine

A medical office design for rehabilitation medicine, prepared by Bernstein & Associates, Architects, recently completed the construction phase, and is now fully occupied and successfully functioning. See http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-rehabilitation-alcohol-narcotics-physical-therapy-occupational-therapy-recreation-therapy/ for more information about rehab medicine design.

This rehabilitation medicine facility in New York is focused on outpatient detox, and includes multiple rehab exam rooms, rehab consulting offices, and rehab medicine support spaces.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including rehab medicine planning and rehab medicine design. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare and cardiology architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art rehab medicine design.

For further Information about planning and design of a rehab medicine facility, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

New York (Headquarters)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway-803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-237-3750
F: 860-237-3751
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-241-7370
F: 609-241-7371
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-568-4610
F: 213-568-4611
Email: info@bernarch.com

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Laboratory Design for New EP Labs Entering Construction

Laboratory architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects announces that its laboratory design for new electrophysiology labs in New York is about to go into construction.

The project includes laboratory planning and laboratory design of multiple Electrophysiology (EP) Labs, including the incorporation of Stereotaxis equipment, which allows for remote magnetic navigation.

For Laboratories Design see http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-laboratories/

For further Information about laboratory design, laboratory planning and laboratory architecture, contact laboratory architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

New York (Headquarters)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway-803
New York, NY 10001
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
Email: info@bernarch.com

Lab Design for New Anatomy Lab Results in Successful Project Completionpleted and Occupied

Lab Design for New Anatomy Lab Results in Successful Anatomy Lab Project

A lab design for a new anatomy, by lab architect Bernstein & Associates Architects, has resulted in a successful, completed installation. This anatomy lab design, for a university in Connecticut, is now 100% completed and being used by the university’s students for its intended purpose.

Anatomy lab design requires a thorough understanding of the unique needs and challenges of a large space where medical and allied healthcare profession students learn about physiology through actual, physical dissection. Imagine an environment where you have 100 anatomy students, working in one large room, on multiple dissections, and you will start to envision the challenges facing an architect of an anatomy lab.

So well-known lab design Bernstein & Associates, Architects (http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-laboratories/) approached the design of a new university anatomy lab with a view to creating a state-of-the-art lab that would meet the particular needs of this university lab building type.

The first step in the lab design process was a careful look at the existing anatomy lab. The reason? First to evaluate the pluses and minuses of the existing lab. And second, because the new lab was proposed for the same location as the existing lab, it was important to determine how the new lab could be built in a way that would minimize the period of time that the university would not have a functioning anatomy lab.

Following the due diligence of looking at existing conditions, the architect drew up a written Program, summarizing the room-by-room requirements of the lab. Once approved, there were numerous lab design meetings with the university administration and the anatomy lab department, to review adjacency and flow concepts, as well as the appropriate size for each of the lab components.

The design of the anatomy lab that resulted, incorporates the following lab components in a logical relationship and room-to-room flow: the main anatomy lab itself with 25 worktables designed for 6 students at each table, male and female locker rooms, faculty office, virtual anatomy computer lab, general storage room and av storage room.

The overall finishes of the lab space are designed for maximum durability. Within the lab, there are two plumbing hose bibs, to allow the university to bring in spray washers and spray wash the entire lab space, including floors, walls and ceilings. This potential water saturation of all surfaces dictated not only an extensive floor drain system, but also waterproof surfaces and light fixtures, as well as ground fault interrupters on all electrical outlets.

The mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems are sophisticated, in keeping with the demanding nature of anatomy lab usage. The HVAC system is designed as a laminar flow system, with air distributed from the ceiling and exhausted through low returns in the wall (similar to the HVAC design of operating rooms and clean rooms). All of the electrical as mentioned had to be waterproof, including flex-coil outlets suspended from the ceiling. The plumbing system is critical for hand-washing, instrument washing, and drainage of the entire space in a safe manner. Lighting in particular was developed with multiple lighting levels, to allow alternmate uses of the space requiring high vs. low ambient lighting levels.
All-in-all, state-of-the-art anatomy lab, resulting from careful study of this university lab building type, as well as close coordination between architect, engineer, university administration and anatomy lab teaching staff.

For more information about the design, architecture and engineering of state-of-the-art anatomy labs, including the design of virtual anatomy labs, please contact well-known lab architect, Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Contact lab architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects as follows:
New York (Headquarters)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway-803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-237-3750
F: 860-237-3751
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-241-7370
F: 609-241-7371
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-568-4610
F: 213-568-4611
Email: info@bernarch.com

Friday, November 25, 2011

Lab Design Project for Virology Research Lab Completed in New York

Lab Architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that a lab design project for virology research was recently completed and occupied in New York.

The lab design project involved the creation of a state-of-the-art research lab, for virology research. Scope of this lab design project included a complete gut rehab of an existing hospital space to provide a complete installation of lab casework, lab equipment, appropriate lab materials, and new mechanical and electrical infrastructure appropriate to a state of the art research lab.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this lab architecture firm specializes in all lab design types, including research lab design, clinical lab design, pharmaceutical lab design, biosafety lab design, medical device lab design, flavor and fragrance lab design, plant lab design, animal lab design, electronics lab design, and incubator lab design. Amongst the firm’s lab design publications are “Clinical Lab Design Trends” published in the Hospital Newspaper.

For further Information about planning and design of a lab, see http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-laboratories/, or contact lab architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
New York, Hartford, Princeton, and Los Angeles
T: 212.463.8200
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Hospital Design Expert Witness Services in New Jersey

Hospital Design expert witness experts Empire Projects, Inc. (www.empireprojects.com) is pleased to announce that it has been hired to provide expert witness services for a Hospital Design case in Camden, New Jersey.

This is the 4th hospital design expert witness case, and the 7th healthcare design expert witness case in the same period. See http://bernarch.com/hospital-design-expert-witness/

See also: www.twitter.com/expertwitness

Attorneys who litigate cases involving hospital design are increasingly obtaining their expert witness services for hospital design from Bernstein & Associates, Architects.

Recent Hospital Design Cases where Expert Witness Services have been provided or are being provided include: an Acute Care Hospital in Greenville, North Carolina; an academic medical center/hospital in Charlotte, NC, and an academic medical center/hospital in Philadelphia, PA.

Recent Healthcare Design Cases where Expert Witness Services have been provided or are being provided include: a medical office building in Brooklyn, NY; a medical office in New York, NY; and an outpatient surgery center in Long Island, NY.

The Hospital Design Expert Witness division of Bernstein & Associates, Architects offers a full range of expert analysis and expert witness services related to hospital design and hospital design. The hospital design expert witness services provided by Bernstein & Associates, Architects include hospital design expert witness analysis, hospital design expert witness report, and hospital design expert witness testimony on: hospital design archive records, hospital design building codes, hospital design change orders, hospital design code and standards research, hospital design codes, hospital design bid documents, hospital design contract documents, hospital design contract drawings, hospital design cost estimates, hospital design depositions, hospital design drawing exhibits, hospital design drawings, hospital design expert report, hospital design expert reports, hospital design field conditions, hospital design hospital design fire-rated design assemblies, hospital design industry standards, manufacturer's project, hospital design meeting minutes, hospital design payment requests, hospital design progress schedules, hospital design project files, hospital design project file documents, hospital design submittal logs, hospital design technical investigations, and hospital design technical reports.

Hospital design expert William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, PMI, CSI, AIA is the President of Bernstein & Associates, Architects and the head of its hospital design expert witness division. Mr. Bernstein is a well-known expert in hospital design, and leads a team of licensed architects, engineers and contractors with an average of twenty years experience in the expert witness industry. Bernstein & Associates, Architects provides a comprehensive hospital design expert witness solution for design and design industry cases.

For more information on hospital construction expert witness services, contact:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
P: 212.463.0800
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Pharmacy Design Architects (www.bernarch.com) Awarded New Prefab Pharmacy

Pharmacy Design Architects Bernstein & Associates (www.bernarch.com) Selected for New Prefab Pharmacy Cleanrooms

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased to announce that it has been selected to provide pharmacy design consulting for a new USP 797 compliant prefab pharmacy. Services will include pharmacy programming, pharmacy adjacency diagrams, pharmacy flow diagrams, pharmacy equipment planning, and USP 797 pharmacy design.

The pharmacy project is a complete new 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 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 pharmacy planning, pharmacy design and pharmacy construction, including USP 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- is a well known architect of pharmacies. He 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

New York:
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
T: 212.463.8200
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Cardiology Office Design Commission Awarded to Bernstein & Associates

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been selected to plan and design new cardiology offices for a prominent cardiology practice in New York.

The project includes cardiology planning and cardiology design of cardiology exam rooms, nuclear camera room, stress test room, cardiology device room, cardiology consulting offices, and typical cardiology office support spaces.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including cardiology planning and cardiology design. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare and cardiology architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art healthcare design. Amongst the firm’s specialty cardiology consulting services are: design of arrhythmia center master plans, design of hospital arrhythmia center departments, design of outpatient arrhythmia center facilities, and design of arrhythmia center room design including remote navigation system equipment by Stereotaxis.

For Cardiology Office Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-cardiology/

For further Information about planning and design of an arrhythmia center, cardiology department, and/or cardiology clinics, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

New York (Headquarters)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway-803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-237-3750
F: 860-237-3751
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-241-7370
F: 609-241-7371
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-568-4610
F: 213-568-4611
Email: info@bernarch.com

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Dialysis Facility Design Trends

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, creator of state-of-the-art healthcare and laboratory environments is pleased to announce the publication of an article on current dialysis facility design trends in the September 2011 issue of Renal Business Today. Topics discussed include:

- General dialysis facility layout strategies
- The importance of family-conscious dialysis design
- Balancing an open dialysis plan with patient privacy
- Flexibility to accommodate future advances in dialyzer technology
- The use of wing walls to subdivide a larger dialysis space
- Efficient use of dialysis facility space
- Customizing dialysis design for children, the elderly, or other patient populations
- The use of real or simulated natural lighting
- Optimal surface color palettes
- Patient entertainment
- Design strategies to reduce risk of infections
- HVAC system requirements
- The use of heat-sealed vinyl wall coverings
- Improving staff hand sanitization through design
- Waterless hand sanitization solutions
- The importance of proper water purification
- Water supply system requirements
- Alternatives to PVC plumbing
- Disposal areas for liquid waste
- The importance of environmentally friendly design
- The use of recycled building materials
- The competitive advantage provided by proper facility design

© 2011 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Healthcare and lab design expert William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, PMI, CSI, AIA is the President of Bernstein & Associates, Architects Mr. Bernstein is a well-known expert in healthcare and laboratory design.

For Dialysis Facility Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-miscellaneous/

For more information on healthcare and lab design, contact:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
P: 212.463.0800
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Pharmacy Design Project Awarded to Pharmacy Architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased to announce that it has been selected to provide pharmacy design consulting for a new USP 797 compliant outpatient pharmacy in New York. Services will include pharmacy programming, pharmacy adjacency diagrams, pharmacy flow diagrams, pharmacy equipment planning, and USP 797 pharmacy design.

The pharmacy project is a complete new 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 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 pharmacy planning, pharmacy design and pharmacy construction, including USP 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- is a well known architect of pharmacies. He 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

New York:
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
T: 212.463.8200
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Lab Design Project Awarded to Well Known Lab Architect

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been selected to plan and design a new clinical lab for a prominent hospital in Pennsylvania.

The lab design project involves the creation of a state-of-the-art clinical lab, providing a full range of clinical tests. The lab design will stress lean lab design, lab automation, efficiency, and flexibility.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this lab architecture firm specializes in all lab design types, including research lab design, clinical lab design, pharmaceutical lab design, biosafety lab design, medical device lab design, flavor and fragrance lab design, plant lab design, animal lab design, electronics lab design, and incubator lab design. Amongst the firm’s lab design publications are “Clinical Lab Design Trends” published in the Hospital Newspaper.

For Lab Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-laboratories/

For further Information about planning and design of a lab, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
New York, Hartford, Princeton, and Los Angeles
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Hospital Design Expert Witness Services

Attorneys who litigate cases involving hospital design are increasingly obtaining their expert witness services for hospital design from Bernstein & Associates, Architects.

Recent Hospital Design Cases where Expert Witness Services have been provided or are being provided include: an Acute Care Hospital in Greenville, North Carolina; an academic medical center/hospital in Charlotte, NC, and an academic medical center/hospital in Philadelphia, PA.

Recent Healthcare Design Cases where Expert Witness Services have been provided or are being provided include: a medical office building in Brooklyn, NY; a medical office in New York, NY; and an outpatient surgery center in Long Island, NY.

The Hospital Design Expert Witness division of Bernstein & Associates, Architects offers a full range of expert analysis and expert witness services related to hospital design and hospital design. The hospital design expert witness services provided by Bernstein & Associates, Architects include hospital design expert witness analysis, hospital design expert witness report, and hospital design expert witness testimony on: hospital design archive records, hospital design building codes, hospital design change orders, hospital design code and standards research, hospital design codes, hospital design bid documents, hospital design contract documents, hospital design contract drawings, hospital design cost estimates, hospital design depositions, hospital design drawing exhibits, hospital design drawings, hospital design expert report, hospital design expert reports, hospital design field conditions, hospital design hospital design fire-rated design assemblies, hospital design industry standards, manufacturer's project, hospital design meeting minutes, hospital design payment requests, hospital design progress schedules, hospital design project files, hospital design project file documents, hospital design submittal logs, hospital design technical investigations, and hospital design technical reports.

Hospital design expert William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, PMI, CSI, AIA is the President of Bernstein & Associates, Architects and the head of its hospital design expert witness division. Mr. Bernstein is a well-known expert in hospital design, and leads a team of licensed architects, engineers and contractors with an average of twenty years experience in the expert witness industry. Bernstein & Associates, Architects provides a comprehensive hospital design expert witness solution for design and design industry cases.

For Hospital Design Expert Witness Services see, http://bernarch.com/hospital-design-expert-witness/

For more information on hospital construction expert witness services, contact:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
P: 212.463.0800
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com