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<title>Merced Medical Center Opens Their Doors with No Delays</title>
<description>Merced, CA. – May 3, 2010 – The $262 million Mercy Medical Center (MMCM) in Merced, CA. is operational. The 266, 000 square-foot, 185-bed hospital and 19,000 square-foot central plant received all licensing credentials and approval from the California Department of Public Health (C-DPH) with no recommendations. The C-DPH is responsible for reviewing the entire facility to ensure that all systems are working appropriately, that staff are trained to care for patients, and procedures are implemented to ensure the best practices for safety.  After passing the licensing visit with flying colors, the hospital opened its doors to patients on May 2nd.  

MMCM owners Catholic Healthcare West contracted the Transition Planning services of Healthcare Technical Services (HTS) to provide comprehensive Transition and Occupancy services for the project. This included the use of a Critical Task Log (CTL) which helped manage and track all transition-related activities and kept MMCM on schedule and ready for move day.  All license- and move-related dates remained successfully unchanged for the past three years of the project, which is a feat rarely achieved in the Transition Planning business.  As a result of teamwork and dedication, the Transition Planning staff saved the hospital from any additional costs.   

HTS provided a support system tailored to MMCM and oversight to ensure that critical tasks were completed on time.  HTS and hospital staff worked closely together to develop new department operational work plans, budget plans, and patient aggregation and bed allocation. In addition, HTS worked closely with onsite staff to develop effective orientation and training and licensing plans.  HTS’ workflow analysis helped managers develop staffing plans, equipment functionality (nurse call, Pyxis), policy and procedure coordination, and other operational planning needs.  Support for these activities was provided by HTS’ own FreightTrain® software which provided an Occupancy Planning Module to monitor and manage room status.  FreightTrain’s colorized floor plans, known as Visual Fragnets®, effectively helped avoid logistical problems or issues that commonly arise when installing a hospital’s state-of-the-art data and telecommunications systems; such as the emergency services response system featuring high-tech radio communications technology covering multiple counties, and a security system controlled by RS2 technologies.  

 “We’re so excited to be here,” said David Dunham, President of Mercy Medical Center. “This is the dawning of a new day of healthcare in Merced.  We are happy to be officially open and ready for business.”  And with that, MMCM opened their doors and their hearts! During the first 5 hours of opening their doors, hospital staff embraced two births, one emergency surgery, a Rapid Response and a Code Blue.  

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<pubDate>Mon, 3 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>FreightTrain Named as Top Products Commercial Winner by Constructech Magazine</title>
<description>Los Angeles, CA. – Feb. 26, 2010 – In a statement released today by Specialty Publishing Company, Constructech magazine announced FreightTrain online construction management software as a commercial product winner in its third-annual Constructech Top Products Awards.  On the heels of winning a 2009 Vision Award, FreightTrain joins the ranks of other technology providers whose solutions for the construction industry have proved their worth in the marketplace.  Winners of the Top Products distinction were chosen for their: innovation, overall usefulness and uniqueness of the product in the construction industry, as well as documented customer growth rate over time. 

Since 2002, FreightTrain software has been field tested and approved on more than $8B worth of construction projects to date.  In an industry looking for innovating ways to cut costs on increasingly large project builds, FreightTrain offers a solution.  In a statement on the growing technological needs of the construction industry, Mike Carrozzo, chief editor of Constructech magazine notes, “Construction professionals are looking for the solutions that can give them the most bang for their buck. They are looking to make their company better with the implementation of technology, as well as stay up with the latest trends in the construction industry.  The technology firms with products meeting that demand may prove to be the most successful.” 

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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>El Camino Hospital Move Marks a Seamless Transition Milestone for Hospital and Planning Team</title>
<description>Mountain View, CA. – November 15, 2009 – The greatest challenges of a large hospital move point to the smallest of details.  Ultimately, one cannot miss a heartbeat.  After many years of planning, Sunday November 15th 2009 marked the anticipated move of El Camino Hospital-Mountain View (ECH) into its brand new home.  Heralding to “The Hospital of Silicon Valley,” this new 450,000 square foot hospital meets the state’s new mandate for seismic safety standards and was built from the ground up.  The new facility boasts the latest technology in imaging, including Fujitsu’s Palm Secure scanning technology which allows patients to register via biometric palm scanning.  The seamless transition occurred in the early morning, with the older facility closing the emergency department at 6:00 a.m. and the new emergency department opening at 6:00 a.m.  The inpatient move started at 0700, and 119 patients were transferred to their new allocation.  A hospital move is a carefully choreographed dance which requires several practice runs and key team leaders and hospital preparedness.
  

Kelly Guzman, Executive Director of Transition Planning and her team at Healthcare Technical Services (HTS) were selected to lead the transition process and guide the hospital towards a safe and successful move.  Collaborating on their second hospital move this year, ECH and HTS celebrated a major milestone by successfully passing their licensing survey on the first C-DPH review.  The HTS Transition Team worked with the ECH team to develop new workflow, policies and procedures to help them adapt to their new environment which includes new equipment and technology.  The team worked steadily organizing training materials and orchestrating Day in the Life scenarios to prepare the staff for their new workspace and the licensing visit.    HTS’ own FreightTrain® SaaS software tools provided key visual references instrumental to the activation of the new hospital.  These included Visual Fragnet® custom floor plans and graphical reports and FF&amp;E Door Reports, detailed checklists of all required room contents.  


Foreseeing issues that may arise when transferring all calls from one command center to the next is crucial in avoiding confusion or error, an outcome no hospital should bear.  Close communication and in depth planning are two ways HTS prepares for these measures. Cheryl Reinking, the Incident Commander at ECH used the HICS model and HTS staff played a key role by actively supporting the command center and deploying issues to the appropriate owner for two weeks prior to the move until three days after. 


 “It could not have gone more smoothly,” said Ken Graham, CEO at the debriefing.  “5 stars all the way around, for everybody.”  On the heels of winning an award for Clinical Excellence for its 5th year in a row and placing them in the top 5 percent of all hospitals in the country for overall clinical excellence, El Camino Hospital has a lot to look forward to in its new home.  
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>FreightTrain® Brings Home the Gold at the 2009 Constructech Vision Awards in Chicago</title>
<description>Chicago, Ill. – Aug. 20, 2009 – The Chicago heat did not keep away some of the country’s biggest names in construction and technology, when Constructech magazine hosted the 4th annual Technology Day and the 10th Annual Vision Awards at the Crowne Plaza O’Hare hotel.  Also in attendance were architectural and engineering firms, corporate owners, facility management companies, government agencies, and land developers who shared a combined interest in the latest innovations that technology is bringing to the construction site.  By evening, the setting evolved from town hall forum to a formal banquet hall, where the Vision Awards ceremony honored companies involved in commercial, heavy construction and residential as well as their technology enablers, the businesses who have provided the tools to reach outstanding goals.


McCarthy Building Companies Inc. was in attendance, nominated for their distinguished results at Kaiser Permanente Hospital at Downey, with FreightTrain online construction management software as their enabling technology.  The project was the first ever to use FreightTrain technology from start to finish and was completed in 2008, a phenomenal 106 days ahead of schedule and more than $47million below budget.  For Builder/GC Commercial Construction projects in the +$500 million budget range, the top category for project scope, McCarthy secured a Gold trophy and FreightTrain triumphantly joined them on the stage.  

  
 “We are proud to have earned a Gold Medal for our first Construction Vision Award,” said Bill Clemenson, president of Healthcare Technical Services and creator of FreightTrain. “The Internet is changing and improving how we build buildings.  Inspections, architectural punches, and the entire Construction QC process, can now be hosted on the internet, where it can be monitored, measured and managed by the entire project team.  This is what FreightTrain does.”

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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>FreightTrain Attends Constructech Magazine's Technology Day 2009, August 20th Chicago, O'Hare </title>
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The Technology Day conference brings together builders, contractors, and solution providers to identify the most crucial topics in the construction space through networking, education, and demonstrations.

Registration is now open for Technology Day 2009.

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<title>El Camino Hospital Los Gatos’ Collaboration Ensures Distinguished Opening 90 Days from Acquisition.</title>
<description><br />Mountain View, CA.– When the Community Hospital of Los Gatos closed its doors on April 10th, they opened the door to key hires that would oversee the transition and project management for the renovation and transformation into the El Camino Hospital Los Gatos.  The main challenge posed for the 113 bed hospital, was to safely and effectively introduce new staff, equipment, policies and supplies before an ambitious 90 day deadline.  Chief medical officer and president of El Camino Hospital Los Gatos, Eric Pifer M.D. selected leading manager hires including Par Erbst as Director of the Emergency Department and partnered with Los Angeles based, Health Technical Services (HTS) to insure the thorough training of staff, and full integration of new policies.   
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Some of the primary goals of the re-design were to enhance technology and innovation, patient and family friendly atmosphere, operational efficiency, design for future flexibility, and move away from a paper-driven environment to integrated IT systems to improve patient care.  While the list of departmental and technological upgrades were substantial, structural modifications were limited to minor repairs, with the building being re-painted, the addition of new floors and remodeling the emergency room.
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The HTS team implemented choice protocols and procedures that helped reach their deadlines.  “This was a major accomplishment given the small window we had,” said Kelly Guzman, Executive Director of Transition Planning at Healthcare Technical Services (HTS).  Guzman was also appointed as the hospital’s Interim Chief Nursing Officer during the changeover.  Notable strategies included a Critical Task Log (CTL) which tracked all issues, ensured key deliverables and coordinated training of staff to facilitate the development of future workflow; custom “Day in the Life” scenarios which provided valuable real life testing of systems and training of staff, and use of the Visual Fragnets® module, part of FreightTrain® software and online construction management systems, which utilized room layout drawings to plan occupancy and provide hospital readiness oversight.  
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The efficaciousness of the project was realized on July 6th, when the California Department of Health granted the El Camino Hospital Los Gatos a full license, slating them to open their doors by noon on July 12th.  “The HTS team’s experience, leadership and project management skills and tools were invaluable in helping us organize and track our work so that we could reopen the Los Gatos site 90 days as promised,” said Kenneth Graham, CEO of El Camino Hospital.  
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Established in 2002, Healthcare Technical Services, LLC (HTS) is a Los Angeles-based consulting firm specializing in building Commissioning, including Mechanical, Electrical &amp; Plumbing (MEP) coordination and overall project management as well as healthcare Transition Planning services. In addition to onsite consulting support, HTS has been a leader in the development of project-specific websites through its FreightTrain® online construction management systems.
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>McCarthy to use FreightTrain during construction of Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego</title>
<description><br />San Diego, CA - The $350 million addition to the San Diego based Rady Children's Hospital, and the only hospital in the San Diego area devoted solely to pediatric care, came with help from a generous donation from its namesake, businessman and philanthropist Ernest Rady.   McCarthy Building Companies was nominated to construct the new 279,000 square foot Health Center which will house a surgical center, neonatal intensive care center, cancer center, meeting space and 84 patient beds. The hospital is anxious to open its new doors, in part because at times they are way beyond capacity.  “There are times in the winter when there are no empty beds.” said Dr. Paul Kurtin, chief quality and safety officer at the hospital in an interview with the San Diego Union Tribune.  
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Ground broke on the expansion in 2007, and with an anticipated debut in 2010, McCarthy nominated HTS LLC and FreightTrain® Software as a Service (SaaS) to provide its IRM, COW, CPL, and APL modules to help monitor and manage inspection &amp; construction progress.  HTS LLC is a leading Los Angeles-based consulting firm specializing in building Commissioning and Transition Planning and in 2002 launched FreightTrain® as an online construction management system whose bottom line is generating significant reduction in construction costs, faster project completion, and improved quality.  McCarthy knew what they were doing when they selected the web-based software after winning results from previous projects which included the Kaiser Vallejo Medical Center and St. John's Medical Center. "Prior to this technology, we would spend man hours per room verifying status and identifying issues.  FreightTrain allows this to occur within minutes." said a McCarthy Punch Team Manager on the Kaiser Vallejo Medical Center.  
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About FreightTrain
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Founded in 2002, FreightTrain, a division of HTS, LLC, provides graphical, web-based systems for construction management.   FreightTrain's room-based database provides instant access to project status and a common framework for communication between owner, contractor, subcontractors and inspectors. Our tablet PC’s enable instant field updates of construction status.  Our Visual Fragnet® drawings provide colorized maps of construction status by date and by any selected parameter. <br />
FreightTrain has been used on construction projects totaling over $5B in value.  Our users report significantly reduced construction costs, better quality, improved communication between all parties to the construction process, and faster project completion. http://www.freighttrain.com
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About McCarthy
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McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. was founded in 1864 by an Irish immigrant named Timothy McCarthy. The general contracting firm is now one of the largest and most diversified construction companies in America. 
For 138 years, we were primarily a family owned business. That changed in 2002 when the company became 100% employee owned. Each of us now has a personal — and financial — stake in the company's future, and each of us now has a greater responsibility to each other to innovate and provide real value. The net result is an empowering environment that is entrepreneurial in nature, and is directed towards providing our clients with creative and value-oriented building solutions.

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<title>Whiting-Turner to expand use of FreightTrain at Kaiser Ontario Vineyard Medical Center</title>
<description>FreightTrain announced today that in addition to current use of the IRM and COW modules, Kaiser Ontario Vineyard Medical Center will use FreightTrain's CPL and APL modules for the Contractor and Architectural punch process, respectively.
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<title>Rudolph and Sletten Awards FreightTrain a Contract for Children's Hospital Los Angeles</title>
<description>FreightTrain announced that it has been awarded by Rudolph &amp; Sletten a contract to provide its CPL and APL modules for Children's Hospital Los Angeles in Downtown LA. Already well established, Children's Hospital Los Angeles will be adding 400,000 sq. ft. of new construction to its existing facilities.
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<title>FreightTrain at the 2009 ASHE conference</title>
<description>Look for FreightTrain at the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) conference March 8-11, 2009 in Phoenix, AZ. ASHE is organized exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes as an integral part of the American Hospital Association.</description>
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<title>Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente Receives CofO Ahead of Schedule and Below Budget with help of FreightTrain®</title>
<description><br />Oakland, CA - Construction on the brand new Kaiser Downey Medical Center broke ground on February 2004.  Totaling more than 1 million in square footage, the $300 million center was scheduled to become one of the largest construction projects ever undertaken by Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente (KP).  
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In response to a growing demand of outpatient accessibility, KP-Downey chose to build the 352-bed, full-service hospital housing 82 departments, an 85-room emergency department, and including inpatient and outpatient services. HMC Architects' designs for the new facility focused on amusing environments for patients and staff, while making room for specialty services to be offered which included cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology, nuclear medicine, oncology, surgery and urgent care.  Undertaking this colossal project was McCarthy Building Companies, whose tasks included construction on the five separate structures including a separate parking structure housing 650 spaces.  
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MCarthy appointed Healthcare Technical Systems (HTS) consulting services and their FreightTrain® web-based software system to manage this complex project.  The Los Angeles-based consulting firm specializing in building Commissioning, including Mechanical, Electrical &amp; Plumbing (MEP) coordination and overall project management as well as healthcare Transition Planning services, implemented its existing FreightTrain® software to streamline the commissioning process for the Downey center.  HTS' services included coordinating with KP-Downey to develop a technical specification to customize the existing Room Completion Database (RCD).  Flowcharts, screenshots, and typical reports were delivered by HTS for review and comment by KP-Downey. In order to comply with its client's needs, HTS developed code and performed alpha and beta testing of the applications, as well as applicable user testing on the FreightTrain.com website. After testing was completed, HTS developed training materials and coordinated presentation of RCD training to KP-Downey personnel. 
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The two phases of construction were scheduled to be completed in 2005 and 2008, but McCarthy and HTS' dedicated partnership on this benchmark project achieved certificate of occupancy 106 days ahead of schedule, at $46 million below budget.  "FreightTrain® allowed subcontractors and field staff to understand where their inspection stood and see their issues in real time.  This greatly improved the QC process, leading to a 90% first inspection pass rate," noted a McCarthy Project Manager on the promptly met deadlines for the center.  The FreightTrain® software, which launched in 2002, uses custom Visual Fragnets® and Metrics and Analysis to communicate and track construction status quickly and effectively.  On realizing the most important role played by the web-based software, one McCarthy Construction Senior Project Manager concluded, "FreightTrain® prevented small issues from becoming larger ones."
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To find out more information on how your company can beat deadlines and budget costs, please contact Bill Clemenson wmclemenson@consulthts.com
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About FreightTrain
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Founded in 2002, FreightTrain®, a division of HTS, LLC, provides graphical, web-based systems for construction management.   FreightTrain's room-based database provides instant access to project status and a common framework for communication between owner, contractor, subcontractors and inspectors. Our tablet PC’s enable instant field updates of construction status.  Our Visual Fragnet® drawings provide colorized maps of construction status by date and by any selected parameter.  
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FreightTrain® has been used on construction projects totaling over $5B in value.  Our users report significantly reduced construction costs, better quality, improved communication between all parties to the construction process, and faster project completion.
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About McCarthy
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McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. was founded in 1864 by an Irish immigrant named Timothy McCarthy. The general contracting firm is now one of the largest and most diversified construction companies in America.  
For 138 years, we were primarily a family owned business. That changed in 2002 when the company became 100% employee owned. Each of us now has a personal — and financial — stake in the company's future, and each of us now has a greater responsibility to each other to innovate and provide real value. The net result is an empowering environment that is entrepreneurial in nature, and is directed towards providing our clients with creative and value-oriented building solutions. 
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<title>Turner Construction Awards FreightTrain a Contract for Mills Peninsula Hospital</title>
<description>FreightTrain today announced that it has been awarded by Turner Construction a contract to deploy its IRM, TIO, CPL and APL modules in the construction of the Mills Peninsula Hospital in Burlingame California.  The Mills Peninsula Medical Center will be a 480,000 sqft hospital, and is owned by Sutter Heath.<br /><br />Turner Construction is the largest general building contractor in the U.S., with estimated domestic general building revenue in 2006 of over $7B.  This is the fifth project in which Turner has contracted FreightTrain directly for its software and services.</description>
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<title>McCarthy Awards FreightTrain a Contract for St. John's Health Center</title>
<description>FreightTrain today announced that it has been awarded by Building Companies a contract to provide its FreightTrain IRM module for the construction of the Diagnostic and Treatment Building of St John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California.<br /><br />The 260,000 sqft building is part of the new St. John's Health Center Campus, that will expand upon the current health center's services and amenities.  St. John's is part of the Sisters of Charity Leavenworth Health System.  FreightTrain will be used to track and facilitate the inspection and DHS certification of the new building.<br /><br />McCarthy is one of the largest general building contractors in the U.S., with estimated domestic general building revenue in 2006 of close to $2.5B.</description>
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<title>FreightTrain is Awarded Contract for the Kaiser Vallejo Medical Center</title>
<description>FreightTrain today announced that it has been awarded by McCarthy Building Companies a contract to provide its FreightTrain IRM, CPL, and APL modules, providing Point of Construction field updates through its portable tablet PC's.<br /><br />The Kaiser Vallejo Medical Center, located in California's North Bay, has over 2,000 rooms, and is scheduled to be completed in May 2009.<br /><br />McCarthy is one of the largest general building contractors in the U.S., with estimated domestic general building revenue in 2006 of close to $2.5B.  FreightTrain has been used by McCarthy in the past on several building projects, courtesy of the building owner, but this is the first direct contract between McCarthy and FreightTrain.</description>
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<title>FreightTrain is Awarded Contract for the Terranea Resort Complex</title>
<description>FreightTrain today announced that it has been awarded by Turner Construction a contract to deploy FreightTrain in the construction of the Terranea Luxury California Ocean Front Resort.<br /><br />The Terranea Resort includes a hotel, as well as numerous casitas and bungalows.   It is the first lodging construction project that FreightTrain will be used for, and reflects the company's expansion beyond its initial focus of healthcare construction into other large and complex building projects.<br /><br />Turner Construction is the largest general building contractor in the U.S., with estimated domestic general building revenue in 2006 of over $7B.</description>
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<title>FreightTrain is Awarded Contract for Miller Children's Hospital</title>
<description>FreightTrain today announced that it has been awarded by Turner Construction a contract to deploy FreightTrain in the construction of Miller Children's Hospital in Long Beach California.  Turner will be using FreightTrain's IRM module to carry out, track and complete inspection and certification of the new facility.<br /><br />Miller Children's Hospital is part of the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.   In its current building, it welcomes over 6,000 babies into the world each year and it is home to one of the largest neonatal intensive care units in California, treating more high-risk infants daily than any other hospital in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties.<br /><br />Turner Construction is the largest general building contractor in the U.S., with estimated domestic general building revenue in 2006 of over $7B.</description>
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<title>Kaiser Foundation Hospitals to use FreightTrain for construction of the Kaiser South Bay Medical Center</title>
<description>FreightTrain announced today that it has been selected by Kaiser Foundation Hospitals to provide FreightTrain for the construction of the Kaiser South Bay Medical Center. FreightTrain is being used in the construction of numerous Kaiser Foundation hospitals, including medical centers in Downey, Los Angeles, and Ontario California.<br /><br />The Kaiser Foundation is a non-profit, public-benefit corporation that owns and operates community hospitals in California, Oregon, and Hawaii; owns outpatient facilities in several states; provides or arranges hospital services; and sponsors charitable, educational, and research activities.</description>
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<title>Turner Construction to use Freight Train for Eisenhower Medical Center</title>
<description>FreightTrain announced today that it has been awarded by Turner Construction a contract to deploy FreightTrain in the construction of the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage California.  Turner will use FreightTrain's COW, IRM and TIO modules to monitor construction progress and manage the inspection process.<br /><br />Turner Construction is the largest general building contractor in the U.S., with estimated domestic general building revenue in 2006 of over $7B.</description>
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<title>FreightTrain is Awarded Contract for Lucille Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University</title>
<description>FreightTrain announced today that it has been awarded by Turner Construction a contract to deploy FreightTrain for the inspection phase of the Lucille Packard Children's Hospital – part of the Stanford University Medical Center.<br /><br />Turner will use FreightTrain's IRM module to manage and complete OSHPD certification of the three buildings of the new hospital.<br /><br />Turner Construction is the largest general building contractor in the U.S., with estimated domestic general building revenue in 2006 of over $7B.</description>
<link>http://www.freighttrain.com/press/default.asp?pr=8</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Whiting Turner to use FreightTrain in Construction of Kaiser Ontario Vineyard Medical Center</title>
<description>FreightTrain today announced that Whiting Turner will deploy FreightTrain in the construction of the Kaiser Medical Center in Ontario California.  This is FreightTrain's first direct contract with Whiting Turner, and has been initiated early in the process of construction of the new medical center.   Whiting Turner will use FreightTrain's COW, IRM, and CPL modules to track construction and manage the inspection process.<br /><br />Whiting Turner is one of the largest general building contractors in the U.S., with an estimated domestic general building revenue in 2006 of over $2.5B.</description>
<link>http://www.freighttrain.com/press/default.asp?pr=9</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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