Renovating or adding to an existing hospital building or medical complex often poses a much more difficult problem than building a new hospital on a “greenfield” (i.e., open) site. Numerous technical considerations have to be addressed: noise abatement, infection control, movement and storage of materials, impact on users of the existing facility (patients, doctors, nurses, administrative staff, visitors, patients’ families), traffic control, vibration, wayfinding, safety, even disruption of services at the existing facility. Sometimes construction has to stop because it would interfere with a delicate surgical procedure. This webcast will explore these technical issues through a discussion of one ore more case studies of hospital renovation/addition projects and offer prescriptive advice for dealing with them from a panel of experts in the healthcare design + construction field (architect, contractor, engineer) as well as a hospital facilities director (representing the owner/user). The program will provide 1.0-1.5 AIA/CES learning units for health, safety and welfare (HSW). |
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