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Posted: March 17, 2011
IFMA Boston Healthcare Network event April 11
IFMA Boston Healthcare Network Presents: "Regenerative Architecture for Rehabilitation in Healthcare" on Monday, April 11 at the Holiday Inn @ Boston Beacon Hill - 5 Blossom St. @ Cambridge St.
Be one of the first to step foot into the new Spaulding Rehabilitation Center. The 132-bed hospital sited in Boston's Charlestown Navy Yard is due for completion in 2012.
The speakers include:
* David Burson AIA is a senior project manager at Partners Healthcare.
* Deborah Rivers AIA, LEED AP has more than 35 years of experience in the planning and design of healthcare facilities. She is the sustainable design coordinator for the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital replacement project in Boston and the Wall Experimental Station in Lawrence. She currently serves as the co - Green Team Leader for the Boston Office of Perkins+Will.
* Matthew Herman leads the environmental analysis team for Buro Happold Consulting Engineers.
Cost: IFMA Boston Members: Free
Non-Members Ticket: $20
IFMA Boston Student Member: Free
Please visit: http://www.ifmaboston.org/events/_4-11-regenerative-arch.html to register.
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