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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) […]
Who Moved the Patient? Remapping the Outpatient Cancer Experience
The UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, constructed in 2009, is a five story, 206,000 GSF, outpatient clinic, occupied in 2010. We embarked on […]
Small Space, Big Impact: MIBG Treatment Suites for Pediatric Patients
Case study detailing the space design of the MIBG treatment suites at Atrium Health’s Levine Children’s Hospital in Atlanta, GA.
Catering Benchmark of Swiss Hospitals: Continued Research
This paper is a follow-up to the research titled, “A Method to Benchmark Swiss Hospital Catering” by Hofer, Honegger and Züger (2013). […]
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 […]
Activity Modeling for Energy-Efficient Design of New Hospitals
This research shows how energy use in hospitals may be reduced through activity modeling and demand-control of hospital equipment and ventilation energy. […]
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 […]