Case Studies

DaVita Kidney Care provides several dialysis options for people living with kidney disease: at home, in-center hemodialysis and in-center nocturnal. While the first one occurs in the comfort of a patient’s home and the third while they’re asleep at a care center, the second is perhaps the most taxing for patients. They must visit a […]

You could say that Mark Radtke is one driven man when it comes to his professional and personal interests. For the former, there’s The Cincinnati Air Conditioning Co., where he’s the third-generation owner and chief executive officer. On the latter, there’s the nonprofit Salty Dog Museum, which he co-founded and operates in nearby Shandon, Ohio, […]

It’s a good-natured and playful name that has customers remembering this independent chain of West Coast discount fueling stations and convenience stores. Rotten Robbie it’s called, which might have one humming Bobby Day’s timeless and catchy “Rockin’ Robin.” Then there’s the formal name of the owning entity: Robinson Oil Corporation Commercial Fueling. Whatever the moniker, […]

Mike G. Schilling never considered working in facilities management in health care as he worked as an area operations manager for Dave & Buster’s or as a property manager for Corporate Realty Inc. in the New Orleans area. Then in 2021, Schilling was diagnosed with a type of cancer so rare it could only be […]

In 1861, Reverend John Francis Pingry started The Pingry School for boys. By the 1970s, the school became co-educational and remained competitive; today, its , or high school, has an acceptance rate of around 17 percent. In addition to introducing coeducation, the New Jersey-based preparatory school has increased its diversity, selectiveness and education standards. The […]

Michael Blanchard gets a charge out of building long-term working relationships. As the owner of Vision Electric & Plumbing, he’s cultivated plenty of them with agricultural producers for more than 25 years. Now as the company adds commercial electrical and plumbing to its service offerings, he says he and his team always think long-term as […]

The long wait is down to less than a year for DaVita Kidney Care to relocate its Kansas City dialysis clinic. Since the mid-2010s, this leading provider of kidney care services had been looking for a new facility in Missouri’s largest city, but as any healthcare operator will attest, it can be a long and […]

Compared to other projects Mark Seale has guided for Baker Hughes as North American real estate project leader, building out its new headquarters almost seems mundane. Creating 129,000 square feet of office space on five floors in an existing building in Houston’s energy corridor does require “taking it down to slab and building it back,” […]

Usually, a three-story hole in the side of a hospital building is a cause for concern. At Northwell Health’s Peconic Bay Medical Center, it represented advancement in patient care. The hole was cut into the side of the main hospital building to connect it to a new critical care tower. Construction of the $70 million […]

Cancer is a frightening diagnosis, so when Michael Monaldo sat down with his team and with clinicians at John Muir Health, they developed a concept for a new treatment center environment that would uplift patients and make it easy for them to find their way to care. The UCSF-John Muir Health Cancer Center will sit […]