Business Briefs

The RLF-designed Weed Army Community Hospital, in Ft. Irwin, California, earned the Honor Award for Conceptual Design from the 2012 Chief of Engineers Awards of Excellence Program. The 215,000 sq. ft. acute care hospital uses modern health care tenets, including evidence-based principles and practices, as well as regenerative healing elements and a restorative building aesthetic to create a medical oasis in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The Pappas Group recently represented a married couple who jointly owned a small business in litigation against the IRS. The group was able to obtain a complete abatement of a $54,824 late filing and late payment penalty assessed against the pair of cancer survivors.

KR2H Marketing & Media Relations, owned and operated by veteran publicist and public relations practitioner Kenn Hall, is celebrating its 27th anniversary.

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that 215 of its attorneys from 19 offices have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2013 guide.

Carrie Woodell, the city of Winter Park’s purchasing manager, received the 2012 Professional Purchasing Manager of the Year Award from the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc.