Ballantyne Magazine covers news, events, real estate, restaurants, shopping, health, schools and business in the upscale Ballantyne Area of Charlotte, NC.
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and equipment reliability studies for large manufacturing companies around the globe. "Our job is to ensure equipment like boilers, big tanks and process vessels are operating reliably and safely for our clients," says engineer Lakshman Santanam, president of the firm. That means Amphion's 10 employees, along with subcontractors, often work in perilous conditions. To encourage them to stay healthy, Amphion's founding "The large windows enhance the workplace environment and reduce stress in the operating room," says Dr. Thomas G. Liszka, a surgeon with Ballantyne Plastic Surgery. partners cover the full cost of health-care premiums for employees, as well as 50 percent of the cost for dependents. "While it is an expensive proposition, it is vital to our employee morale," says Santanam. "Some of the projects we do are taxing, so we felt it was fair to treat our employees as well as we could." Avoiding injury to employees is of such paramount importance to the company that employees undergo rigorous safety training courses, and every meeting, on or off-site, begins with a "safety moment." "We buy all personal protective equipment, including a pair of steel-toed boots, for every employee," notes Santanam. "If you're not safe, you can't be healthy." Let There Be Light Doctors, nurses and medical technologists often spend all day inside windowless rooms, which can affect their physical and mental well-being. So when Novant Health designed Presbyterian Medical Plaza in Ballantyne Corporate Park five years ago, the goal was to give employees light. The upshot is an innovative medical facility that boasts operating rooms with windows — a rare design feature highly desirable for surgical staff. The Presbyterian Ballantyne Imaging and Breast Center on the ground floor is another example of this unique concept. Tall, one-way windowpanes in the CT scanning room give technologists and patients a serene view of green space. "The large windows enhance the workplace environment and reduce stress in the operating room," agrees Dr. Thomas G. WINTER 2010-2011 CELEBRATING TEN YEARS 2000-2010 BALLANTYNE MAGAZINE 75 Photo by Cameron Triggs