The Salem School District Facility Renovation Project, Phase II, successfully earned voter support on the March 2012 school district ballot. This phase of the school district’s facilities master plan addresses substantial additions and renovations to Fisk and Soule Schools, and safety and security improvements at Haigh School. Lavallee Brensinger Architects, along with the school board […]
Determining space needs can be the most critical step in any health facility design project. Learn how statistical research and lean concepts help determine space needs in the Healthcare Facilities Management article by Steve Clayman, AIA, ACHA.
In 2010, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) teamed with Lavallee Brensinger Architects to evaluate opportunities to increase bed capacity within the existing Medical Center. The evaluation has resulted in an Outpatient Rehabilitation Suite and a new 103,000 square foot medical office building completed in 2012. Most recently, DHMC and Lavallee Brensinger have successfully converted an existing […]
Lilliana Alvarado, IIDA, NCIDQ, LEED AP, a Senior Interior Designer with Lavallee Brensinger Architects in Manchester, NH and Charlestown, MA, recently passed the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers (AAHID) examination and earned the prestigious AAHID Certificate. Lilliana is one of only five Board Certified Healthcare Interior Designers in all of New England. “All of […]
Long recognizing the limitations of the typical institutional model of psychiatric care, the 178-year-old Brattleboro Retreat, a psychiatric hospital in Brattleboro, Vt., has patterned itself on the idea that the physical design of psychiatric facilities and their surrounding grounds is an essential element in the therapeutic process. However, recent changes taking place in healthcare overall […]