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![Year-in-Review 2023: Rural, public health tops 2023 project list](/assets/image-cache/images/2023/DMCPH-Groundbreaking-1.d131295d.jpg)
Year-in-Review 2023: Rural, public health tops 2023 project list
The year is ending with Carl A. Nelson & Company healthcare projects completed, on the drawing board and underway.
![Ground broken on new Public Health building](/assets/image-cache/images/2023/DMCPH-Groundbreaking-1.d131295d.jpg)
Ground broken on new Public Health building
The 8,000 square-foot, $4 million facility for Des Moines County, Iowa, is the product of an American Rescue Plan grant of $7.5 million.
![Egress locks in patient care areas: What's OK?](/assets/image-cache/images/news/2022 news/2022-wibi/decoding-delay-egress-locks.d131295d.jpg)
Egress locks in patient care areas: What's OK?
Prevent elopement from healthcare facilities while assuring fire and life safety by following building code requirements.
![CANCO leading secure laboratory project at University of Iowa](/assets/image-cache/images/news/2022 news/UI-SHL-Demo-10-11-22-web.d131295d.jpg)
CANCO leading secure laboratory project at University of Iowa
Carl A. Nelson & Companyis working as construction manager at-risk for biosecurity level 3 (BSL-3) addition project at State Hygienic Lab in Coralville.
![Damper rules for wall openings, penetrations](/assets/image-cache/images/news/2022 news/2022-wibi/Fire-Damper.d131295d.jpg)
Damper rules for wall openings, penetrations
Part 3 of our Decoding the Code series on rules for fire and smoke walls/barriers reviews requirements for wall openings and penetrations.
![Wall-opening rules for fire-rated construction](/assets/image-cache/images/news/2022 news/2022-wibi/Hospital-Door.54b62648.png)
Wall-opening rules for fire-rated construction
Architect Ellen McCulley reviews IBC and NFPA 101 Life Safety Code fire protection standards for doors and other openings in healthcare facilities.
![Des Moines County chooses CANCO for public health project](/assets/image-cache/images/2022/DMC-Public-Health-%2823%29.d131295d.jpg)
Des Moines County chooses CANCO for public health project
Carl A. Nelson & Company will be Construction Management Agency for the federally funded construction of a new DMC Public Health building.
![Q: What are the requirements for fire smoke walls?](/assets/image-cache/images/2021/Winter 2021-22 wibi/fire-via-pixabay-500px.d131295d.jpg)
Q: What are the requirements for fire smoke walls?
Comparing the requirements of International Building Code, NFPA 101 Life Safety Code for fire-rated construction in healthcare facilities
![CM client says of CANCO, 'We're In This Together'](/assets/image-cache/images/2021/Winter 2021-22 wibi/Davis-County-ED-500px.d131295d.jpg)
CM client says of CANCO, 'We're In This Together'
Davis County Hospital & Clinics and Carl A. Nelson & Company have been construction management partners since a successful project in 2010.
![Rules for emergency eye wash, shower stations](/assets/image-cache/images/2021/Summer 2021 wibi/eye-shower-98581.a0c14d2d.gif)
Rules for emergency eye wash, shower stations
Nelson Design, Inc., architect Ellen McCulley, NCARB, provides an overview of requirements for placement of emergency wash stations in hazardous settings.
![Keokuk Clinic serves southeast Iowa area](/assets/image-cache/images/2021/Summer 2021 wibi/GRH-Keokuk-8-2021-%2872%29-ADJ-CMYK-retouch.d131295d.jpg)
Keokuk Clinic serves southeast Iowa area
Carl A. Nelson & Company was design-builder for Great River Health on development, construction of community clinic serving Iowa, Illinois and Missouri.
![CMa services key to hospital's project success](/assets/image-cache/images/images/news/HCHC-testimonial-still.d131295d.jpg)
CMa services key to hospital's project success
In a video testimonial, Henry County Health Center CEO praises Carl A. Nelson & Company's role on multiple construction management agency projects.
![Ribbons cut on pair of CANCO construction projects](/assets/image-cache/images/images/ribbon-cutting.d131295d.jpg)
Ribbons cut on pair of CANCO construction projects
Washington County, Fort Madison Community Hospital christen new EOC building, geriatric behavioral health facility with local chamber of commerce events.
![Use, egress, fire protection affect suite size in health facilities](/assets/image-cache/images/Decoding the Code/Exit-Sign.d131295d.jpg)
Use, egress, fire protection affect suite size in health facilities
Architect Ellen McCulley, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, of Nelson Design, Inc., addresses issues affecting size limits on suite sizes in healthcare facilities.
![Decoding the Code: Applying Energy Code](/assets/image-cache/images/news/Dexter-Laundry-for-Decoding.d131295d.jpg)
Decoding the Code: Applying Energy Code
A review of determining the applicability of energy code based on location, construction type, by Nelson Design, Inc., Architect Ellen McCulley.
![wibi: Winter 2020 Year in Review issue published](/assets/image-cache/images/wibi/wibi-winter-2020-Cover-for-website.d131295d.jpg)
wibi: Winter 2020 Year in Review issue published
The Winter 2020 edition of Carl A. Nelson & Co.'s wibi newsletter provides a visual look back at projects that carried on amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
![CANCO to build Great River Health Medical Mall](/assets/image-cache/images/images/project_galleries/grmc/Med Mall/GRMC-Med-Mall-Site-Work-11-16-2020.d131295d.jpg)
CANCO to build Great River Health Medical Mall
Carl A. Nelson & Company has been awarded a general contract to construct portions of a new outpatient medical facility on the West Burlington campus.
![Durability, ADA are shower seat considerations](/assets/image-cache/images/images/wibi/Fall 2020/Shower-seats-CMYK.d131295d.jpg)
Durability, ADA are shower seat considerations
In Decoding the Code, Architect Ellen McCulley discusses code considerations for shower seat installation in industrial and institutional settings.
![Carl A. Nelson & Co. leading design-build clinic project](/assets/image-cache/images/news/Peoples%20CHC%20logo%20old%20but%20bigger.d131295d.jpg)
Carl A. Nelson & Co. leading design-build clinic project
The project for Peoples Community Health Clinic marks CANCO's latest opportunity to serve one of Iowa's federally supported Community Health Centers.
![Developing Long-Term Clients: Build, Serve, Repeat.](/assets/image-cache/images/images/wibi/Fall 2020/Fall-2020-wibi-ind-hc-composite.d131295d.jpg)
Developing Long-Term Clients: Build, Serve, Repeat.
Construction is the product, but at Carl A. Nelson & Company, the focus of business is customer relationships.