Barone Design Group and Sikes Group Design and Construct DaVita Dialysis Centers in Texas
Houston, Texas (ContentDesk) February 16, 2006, -- Barone Design Group, a solutions-driven architecture and interiors firm, collaborated with Sikes Group, a leading Houston-based architecture firm, to design and construct four new DaVita dialysis service centers in San Antonio and Houston.Barone Design Group, a firm with extensive experience creating innovative and high performance environments, collaborated with the Sikes Group to develop new clinics that integrate the latest technologies and enhance patient comfort. The design strategy underpinning DaVita dialysis centers includes evaluating and implementing solutions that maximize function and patient comfort. Each facility is designed to serve between 12 to 24 patients, medical and business administration staff, and accommodate a team of health care professionals who also provide home-bound care. Key components of the design include creating an environment that is highly accessible and comfortable; incorporating a range of new technologies; and creating an efficient, streamlined space programming strategy. Each patient area includes dialysis equipment, personal flat screen televisions and internet access.
Indirect lighting, used in conjunction with natural light and natural color tones, creates a soothing environment. Durable finishes allow for easy sanitation and long-term maintenance. "Patients spend long hours receiving dialysis. Our efforts to create a more comfortable environment extends to many facets of the space: lighting, technology and overall accessibility," stated Dean Barone, President, Barone Design Group." According to the National Kidney Foundation, 20 million Americans, 1 in 9 US adults, have Chronic Kidney Disease and another 20 million more are at increased risk."We chose to partner with Barone Design Group to integrate new solutions focused on patient and practitioner comfort, accessibility and safety," said Herschel Sikes, President, Sikes Group. "It's exciting to see these new ideas take hold and be able to deliver results in record time."About Barone Design Group Barone Design Group is a solutions-driven architecture and interiors firm with over two decades of experience creating corporate workplace environments and highly technical, industrial, R &D and manufacturing facilities for leading companies worldwide.
With the ability to manage large scale corporate and facilities projects, both nationally and internationally, the firm partners with its corporate clients to find solutions that address long-term business needs. With an experienced team of design experts, the firm merges efficiency, style and utility to address the client's workspace objectives. About Sikes Group, Inc. The Sikes name has been a leading force in Houston architecture for over 50 years. Herschel Sikes has been providing architectural and construction management services for leading companies across the U.S.
since following in his father's renowned footsteps over 30 years ago. Projects recently completed by Sikes Group include one of the largest kidney dialysis clinics in the US, located in Houston's Texas Medical Center; St. Luke's Medical Center in The Woodlands; headquarter and branch locations for Sterling Bank in Houston, Wells Fargo and Whitney Banks; a series of Bear Trace Golf Clubs throughout Tennessee; and senior living facilities throughout New Mexico, Alabama, Arizona, Tennessee and Texas..
A New Era in Fitness & Weight Loss
Copyright 2005 William Mackie
Fitness has evolved tremendously since the early days of round cement dumbbells and jump ropes.
Now all the luxuries of home are provided for you in your workout experience, to help make it more convenient, enjoyable and have it feel less like, well, working out, as possible.
Cardio machines now come equipped with numerous amenities, from personal televisions to fans.
People now can seclude themselves from the rest of the world with head phones that connect to televisions' as they workout.
Strength equipment has also advanced with more user friendly resistance machines that provide every possible way in which to target a muscle.
Yes, our society has defiantly advanced, at least in terms of the equipment we use.
However, some how, even with all of our technological advances we are still more over weight and obese than ever.
Many people sit and...
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Kemper Auto and Home’s New Online Contents Calculator Answers the Question, 'Do I Have Enough Coverage on My Home’s Contents?'
Jacksonville, Fla. (ContentDesk) November 29, 2005 Now available on its Web site, Kemper Auto and Home introduces the Personal Property Analyzer, a free online contents estimator that determines the adequacy of insurance coverage on consumers personal possessions.The need for the Personal Property Analyzer stems from the increase in severe claims situations where people did not have enough contents limits to adequately cover their possessions.
A number of causes seemed to drive this, including significant increases in the values of home electronics like multiple computers and big screen TVs, as well as a general consumer appetite for higher end merchandise. However, most insurance coverage levels have stayed the same even with the danger of severe weather. Also, there was no easy way to estimate the total value of a persons contents, until now.
Created in collaboration with Confluency Solutions, Inc., the Personal Property Analyzer consists of a quick and easy...
Kemper Auto and Home’s New Online Contents Calculator Answers the Question, 'Do I Have Enough Coverage on My Home’s Contents?'
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Rauland-Borg Offers NASA Video Content with Telecenter CPS Multimedia System
Rauland-Borg, the leader in communications and media management solutions for K-12 schools, announced today that it will include popular National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) educational videos with the purchase of its multimedia Telecenter? Curriculum and Presentation System (CPS) .
The selection will include NASA's acclaimed Destination Tomorrow?, Connect?, Science Files? and Kids Science News Network? series. The programming, created by the NASA Langley's Center for Distance Learning, uses the administration's research in aeronautics, atmospheric sciences and space.
"Companion materials, available directly from NASA, include teaching guides, 30-minute programming, interactive web projects and news programming." stated Ken McQuillen, Product Manager for Telecenter CPS. "Together with the onboard NASA videos, these programs are engineered to inspire student interest in math, science and technology."The NASA suite includes a full range of programming...
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A Multi-Platinum Success Story
Ever-evolving, in the 1990's the country music genre was taken over by the "hat brigade" led by Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson and Tim McGraw. However, it was McGraw, the son of baseball icon Tug McGraw, and husband of country singer Faith Hill, who propelled country music to the heights of mainstream popularity. According to Starpulse.com, McGraw's sound "epitomized the strain of commercial country that dominated his era: updated honky tonk and Southern-fried country-rock on the uptempo tunes, well-polished, adult contemporary-tinged pop on the ballads."
McGraw signed with Curb Records in 1990. Not a Moment Too Soon, his second album, debuted in 1994. His first single from the album, "Indian Outlaw," generated considerable controversy amongst Native American groups and the resulting publicity helped sell many albums.
His second single, a ballad called "Don't Take the Girl" became his first #1 country hit and reached the top 20 on the pop charts. With even more hit...
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