Construction Management of Healthcare Projects

Sanjiv Gokhale, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Graduate Program in Construction Management, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University (engineering.vanderbilt.edu/cee/faculty-staff/sanjivgokhale.php), has taught construction project management courses to undergraduate and graduate students since 2001.

He is the recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Professor Award from the Construction Industry Institute (CII) and the Teaching Excellence Award from the School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, in 2005.

Dr. Gokhale is coauthor of Trenchless Technology: Pipeline and Utility Design, Construction, and Renewal (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2005).

Thomas C. Gormley, LEED AP, CHC, Associate Professor and Director of the Commercial Construction Management Program, Middle Tennessee State University (www.mtsu.edu/commconstruction/index.php), recently started teaching after nearly 40 years in hospital construction.

He has worked as a contractor, an owner, and a program manager in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. He is working on his dissertation for a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Vanderbilt University.

For over 10 years, Mr. Gormley has served on the committee that writes the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities—the nationally recognized standard for hospitals.

He is a board member of the American Hospital Association’s Certification Center and served on the committee that wrote the test for Certified Healthcare Constructor, a nationally recognized certification for hospital builders.

Healthcare Projects Contents

• What Is Different About Hospitals?
• Regulations and Codes Impacting Hospitals
• Planning and Predesign
• Project Budgeting
• Healthcare Facility Justification and Capacity
• Healthcare Project Financing
• Project Delivery Methods for Healthcare Projects
• Modern Project Delivery Methods for Healthcare Projects
• Challenges of Additions and Renovations
• Mechanical and Electrical Systems in Hospitals
• Medical Technology and Information Systems
• Safety and Infection Control
• Commissioning of Healthcare Projects
• Occupying the Project
• The Future of Healthcare Construction

Foreword to Construction Management of Healthcare Projects PDF

Whether it is a home, a school, or a healthcare facility, constructing safe, resilient, sustainable, and affordable structures is paramount for creating safe communities and providing public safety.

According to McGraw-Hill Construction, the construction value of institutional facilities hovers around $100 billion annually, which is approximately 22 percent of the nation’s total building construction value.

As such, the implications of the new Affordable Care Act for the healthcare construction industry could be profound.

Accordingly, the development of healthcare facilities—from the initial concept to planning, design, construction, completion, commissioning, and maintenance—has gained critical importance in the national economy.

While healthcare projects have much in common with other building construction types, they also have many unique features.

Elements such as medical gas systems, specialized medical equipment, the safety of patients incapable of self-preservation or self-evacuation, accessibility for patients in hospital beds and wheelchairs, and the requirement that healthcare facilities remain functioning and operational during severe natural events and disasters are only some of the unique issues of healthcare projects.

In this context, the importance of state-of-the-art codes and standards becomes evident. The International Code Council (ICC), publisher of the family of International Codes,

and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association have been working closely to address needed advances in code requirements and have decided to partner with McGraw-Hill Professional in support of this book.

The great value of Construction Management of Healthcare Projects is its skillful coverage of several important issues dealing with healthcare projects.

Authors Andrew Collignon, Sanjiv Gokhale, Tom Gormley, Thomas Koulouris, Terry Miller, Christopher Payne, Rusty Ross, and Rick Wood, each an expert in a specific area, have joined together to produce an invaluable source for all building construction professionals.

Codes and standards provisions of the International Building Code, NFPA, and ASHRAE related to healthcare projects are featured, along with many other relevant topics, including planning and predesign, budgeting, business planning, financing, traditional construction delivery methods,

new delivery methods and alternate approaches, challenges of additions and renovations, specialized mechanical and electrical systems, medical technology and information systems, safety and infection control during construction, commissioning, occupying the project, and the future of healthcare construction.

I strongly recommend this publication to all those involved in planning, financing, budgeting, designing, building, commissioning, and maintaining new and renovated healthcare projects.

State-of-the-art technology, efficient project management, and the effective conclusion of projects will undoubtedly result in safer buildings and in saving millions of dollars.

Construction management of healthcare projects 

Author(s): Gokhale, Sanjiv; Gormley, Thomas C

Series: P/L Custom Scoring Survey

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, Year: 2014

ISBN: 0071781919,978-0-07-178191-6

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