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Fixing the Closeout Breakdown in Construction & Maintenance in Healthcare
Hospitals never stop moving—renovations, expansions, and equipment upgrades are constant, all while patient care continues around the clock. When closeout documents are […]
How Facilities Managers Are Becoming Patient Experience Champions
Facility managers are playing a growing role in shaping positive patient experiences by improving lighting, noise levels, air quality, and overall comfort […]
Meeting Ventilation Requirements, Achieving IAQ and Operational Efficiency
Claremore Indian Hospital recently upgraded its HVAC systems to significantly enhance indoor air quality (IAQ) and energy efficiency, ensuring optimal airflow and […]
Building Information Modeling (BIM) for FM: An Industry Survey
This presentation presents discovery of current methods that FMs use to manage and track assets; identify attributes for Building Information Modeling (BIM) […]
Catering Benchmark of Swiss Hospitals: Continued Research
This paper is a follow-up to the research entitled, “A Method to Benchmark Swiss Hospital Catering” by Hofer, Honegger and Züger (2013). […]
Coping with Construction-Related Noise and Vibrations
A university lab construction process is presented as a case study to illustrate important concepts related to construction vibration and noise, demonstrating […]
A Method to Benchmark Cleaning Services in Swiss Hospitals
This paper uses a qualitative research design to develop a benchmark methodology for cleaning services in Swiss hospitals, resulting in 21 clearly […]
Health Care Facility Space and Equipment Management During High Patient Demand
This paper identifies the problem of overcrowding in several hospital case studies and explores strategies applied for mitigation, providing staff opinions and […]
Essential Requirements for the Parameterization of Food Waste in Hospitals
This research explores the topic of food waste from the economic perspective to provide a framework for improving both cost and process […]
A Method to Benchmark Swiss Hospital Catering
Qualitative research addressing how FM costs emerge and are justified in Swiss hospitals, informing the development of a benchmarking method for Swiss […]