Firm Leads The Charge In Creating Cutting-Edge Cardiac/Thoracic, Oncology ORs

NASHVILLE - May 15, 2012 - Gresham, Smith and Partners, a leading multi-disciplinary design and consulting firm for the built environment, is pleased to announce the completion of several hybrid operating rooms at hospitals and medical facilities across the country. GS&P recently provided design services for three hybrid operating rooms at Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital, two of which will be used exclusively for cardiac and vascular procedures and one for neurosurgical procedures. The projects bring the grand total of completed GS&P-designed hybrid operating rooms nationwide to eleven, which is 10% of the approximate 100 hybrid operating rooms in the United States, according to the ECRI Institute. Seven others are currently under design by GS&P for facilities across the United States.

Newly Updated Building Revives Central Student Space, Improves Dining Circulation

NASHVILLE - May 8, 2012 - Gresham, Smith and Partners, a leading multi-disciplinary design and consulting firm for the built environment, is pleased to announce the completion of renovation designs for Vanderbilt University's Rand Hall. Renovations for the three-story building, which is located in the center of Vanderbilt's campus and was originally constructed in the mid-1950s, aim to improve circulation throughout the Rand Hall dining area, create a central student-union and gathering space on campus and unify previous building updates with a cohesive appearance. Construction will be complete by the start of the Fall 2012 semester.

Open Design, Smart Layout Support Goal Of Providing Quality Inpatient Care

NASHVILLE - May 3, 2012 - Gresham, Smith and Partners, a leading multi-disciplinary design and consulting firm for the built environment, is pleased to announce the completion of a 220,000-square-foot, 48-bed patient-room addition for Miami Valley Hospital South (MVHS) in Centerville, Ohio. MVHS, which is part of Premier Health Partners, opened in 2007 as an outpatient and emergency facility and added a 10-bed inpatient wing in 2009. The GS&P-designed five-story addition includes 48 private patient rooms on its top two floors, with shell space on the second and third floors that will allow the addition of 49 more private patient rooms.

Engineering Veterans Will Strengthen Client Service, Project Execution

NASHVILLE – May 2, 2012 - Gresham, Smith and Partners, a leading multi-disciplinary design and consulting firm for the built environment, is pleased to announce that Terry Underwood, P.E., LEED BD+C, Mark Goldstein, P.E., and Carl Coulson have joined GS&P's Industrial market. In their new roles, they will support all areas of client service and project execution. Their expertise strengthens GS&P's service offerings by introducing an enhanced level of plant process and instrumentation & controls capability. 

Local Offices And Employees Dedicate Time To "Green" Events, Programs

NASHVILLE - April 23, 2012 - Gresham, Smith and Partners, a leading multi-disciplinary design and consulting firm for the built environment, celebrated Earth Day 2012 with its support of employees' local "green" volunteer efforts. GS&P's longterm commitment to sustainability is evidenced not only by the firm's numerous LEED-certified buildings, environmentally-friendly designs and environmental- and sustainability-focused consulting services, but also by individual and group contributions to charitable organizations and events dedicated to improving the health and sustainability of communities.

New Senior Environmental Engineer Brings Wide-Ranging Project Management Expertise

NASHVILLE - April 20, 2012 - Gresham, Smith and Partners, a leading multi-disciplinary design and consulting firm for the built environment, announces Ronald Abraham, P.E., BCEE, has been named senior environmental engineer in the firm's Water Services market. Abraham will provide technical leadership in GS&P's water and wastewater treatment practice areas.

Speakers Attend Annual Event to Discuss Stormwater Harvesting, Reuse, and Biosolids Management with Thermal Drying

Birmingham, Ala. - April 19, 2012 - Gresham, Smith and Partners, a leading multi-disciplinary design and consulting firm for the built environment, is pleased several members of their Water Services staff presented at the 2012 Alabama Water Environment Association's Annual Conference and Technical Program held in Orange Beach, Alabama, April 15 – 18. GS&P speakers presented on two topics.  The first presentation was on watershed management using stormwater harvesting and reuse at the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport with the second presentation addressing the implementation of a long-term biosolids management plan for Bowling Green Municipal Utilities using new thermal drying technology to produce a Class A product.  GS&P participants also heard State and Federal regulatory briefings, attended technical sessions on new and innovative treatment processes and procedures and viewed the latest in water and wastewater technology and equipment.

GS&P's Jay Bockisch, P.E. and Scott Shelton, P.E. authored an article for the April 2012 issue of Public Works magazine titled, "Exit, lane left; How to decide if a displaced left-turn design is a good fit for your intersection." The article uses case study examples to show how displaced left-turns (DLT), also known as continuous-flow intersections (CFI) or crossover displaced left-turn intersections (XDL), are being used with more frequency due to often being a lower-cost and less obstructive alternative to a grade-separation interchange.