"Ted (Klainer) Talks": Episode 4, The Design-Build Process @UWMedicineHealth

Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Complex puzzles can be exciting opportunities in disguise. That’s true if you’re part of the design-build team on the Harborview Bond Program.

In Episode 4 of our “Ted (Klainer) Talks” series, we invite you to see the Bond process through the eyes of our architectural and construction partners at Perkins&Will and Mortenson Contruction. Marie Henson and Jeremy Don sat down with Ted to chat about their respective firms’ collaborative approach to the visual, logistical and structural components of the new medical tower.

Plus, how they’re incorporating input from our clinical teams and staff toward an actionable blueprint for future patient care.

Ted (Klainer) Talks: Episode 4, The Design-Build Process

$One spark can cause lasting harm this July Fourth The Fourth of July is a time for celebration, but it can quickly turn tragic. Every year, Harborview Medical Center sees approximately 55 people hurt by fireworks during the holiday. “Were going to see a lot of people who completely changed their lives because they made one simple, bad decision and now either theyve lost a hand, theyve lost their eyes, theyve lost another appendage, or worse,” said Dr. Arvin Akhavan, an emergency medicine physician at UW Medicine. “Fireworks are powerful explosives that can cause devastating damage to hands and other parts of the body in a split second,” said Dr. Chelsea Boe, orthopedic surgeon at UW Medicine. She added that these types of injuries can change your life. “The injuries themselves are blast injuries,” Boe said. “So, its a huge amount of force that tends to have an explosive impact on the hand. So, they cause fractures, dislocations, which means that the bones come out of joint, they come out of place.” Boe says the safest thing you can do is to stay away from fireworks. She recommends going to watch a professional fireworks display. And if you do light fireworks, do so from a safe distance and don’t light them in your hands.$

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