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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 […]
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 […]
IFM Allocation Model for Support Services in Hospitals as a Basis for FM Driven Financing of Healthcare Real Estate
Based on European standard, BS EN 15221-4: Taxonomy of FM, this research was pursued to create a model for systematically developing FM […]
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 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 […]