{"id":22910,"date":"2024-05-07T10:18:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T00:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/?p=22910"},"modified":"2024-05-07T13:10:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T03:40:51","slug":"the-hmrb-move-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/2024\/05\/07\/the-hmrb-move-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"The move into HMRB begins!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staff from CMPH and CNHS began the move into the new Health and Medical Research Building (HMRB) this week. This included professional staff and researchers who require office space, but no laboratory space. In stage 2 and 3, staff with labs start moving in, with relocations continuing into July. Here’s some of the first photos to feature staff inside the new building.<\/p>\n

You may have also spotted a large crane installing Flinders University logos at the top of HMRB, which will be visible on the south, west and north sides of the building.<\/p>\n

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This week is also Wellbeing Week (6-10 May), so it\u2019s worth explaining how health and wellbeing features are central to the design and fitout of the Health and Medical Research Building (HMRB).<\/p>\n

During the building design phase,\u00a0Dr Matthew Wallen<\/a>, Senior Lecturer in Exercise Science and Clinical Exercise Physiology, and his students in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences\u202fworked with wayfinding\/signage consultants Parallax to develop a unique set of health and wellbeing messages \u2013 and these have now been inscribed on staircase handrails at both ends of the new building at Bedford Park.<\/p>\n

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These inscriptions provide informative facts about wellness, mental wellbeing, physical exertion and also offer some motivational messages. Some of these inscriptions inform us that:<\/p>\n