In her current role as Associate Principal for Cannon Design, Carol Karasek, AIA, will be responsible for advancing Cannon Design’s healthcare practice within the New York region as well as firm-wide. Prior to joining the firm, Karasek served as vice president, Director of Health & Science at STV Inc. in New York. Among her responsibilities was the development of a newly-formed health and science practice for this established multidisciplinary engineering firm. Prior to that association, Karasek was Senior Vice President at Karlsberger in New York.

Meridian Design Build has completed the renovation and expansion of a 14,626-square-foot medical office facility for Barrington Orthopedic Specialists in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.

The 14,070-square-foot single-floor project, Simon Level 5, is the renovation of a 1948 semiprivate room bed floor into an inpatient unit focused on oncology patients, and encompasses 30 patient rooms and support areas including a nurses station, pharmacy, a staff lounge, two waiting rooms, and administrative offices.

The move brings Caris's total number of offices to 25.