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Designing In Flexibility- How to design and build to minimize cost, time, and waste of future renovation
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When facing almost any major Capital Improvement project involving the “bricks and mortar”, most health care institutions seem to be very clear on the factors surrounding the current need (sometimes called the “pain”) that is the catalyst behind the project. For most of these, the planning accommodates no more than about a five-year window. Many fail, perhaps due to unwillingness or (more likely) an inability to predict the future - to look beyond the near horizon and really understand the impact of current decisions on the future, resulting in obstacles to future growth and repositioning. Many of these challenges can be mitigated through careful planning and design right now!
Studies have revealed that there are literally hundreds of decisions to be made during each step of the planning/design process. Many of those judgments have the potential to affect, not only the success of the current effort, but also the ability of the institution to adapt to any future evolution in the delivery of care.
This ninety-minute audio conference will provide an opportunity to debate and discuss potential opportunities and methods that can be implemented at various stages of the design/construction process, to reduce the waste and disruption that translate into cost and potential liability during those inevitable renovations and expansions as health care continues to “morph”.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Develop an understanding of the importance of including master planning and long-range thinking in absolutely every capital improvement project.
- Identify the “Top Ten” planning and design decisions that, if made now, will help to minimize disruption and waste during a future construction project.
- Evaluate the potential short term impact of those decisions against the long term benefits.
- Discuss how code and regulatory issues may limit or otherwise impact future flexibility.
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Who Should Attend?
- Facility Managers
- Facility Administrators
- Hospital Executives
- Research Personnel
- Operations
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Presenters and Panelists:
 JOHN STEPHAN, AIA
Senior Project Architect
Marshall Erdman & Associates
John Stephan has provided architectural services to the healthcare community for over 30 years, working extensively on Critical Access Hospitals over the past five years. He has experienced all phases of architecture, including programming, design, construction documents and construction administration. As Project Design Manager, he leads the architectural and engineering project team from design inception through completion of construction. John is a member of the American Institute of Architects and AIA/Wisconsin.
 John Mills, AIA, ACHA
Hospital Planner/Designer
Marshall Erdman and Associates
John has nearly 30 years of experience as a programmer, planner and designer with a dear focus on healthcare clients. His work spans a broad spectrum of healthcare project types, always with a heavy emphasis on patient and staff safety, convenience and comfort, as well a sleading-edge technology. John's ability to listen and thent deliver customized service to satisfy the needs of individual healthcare clients has resulted in an extensive list of successful projects. He has orchestrated the design and production of newly-built environments, renovations and additions across virtually every component of a hospital.
John's responsibilities include client interface and design on hospital projects, as well as overall project strategy, guidance and management of project development. Services may include project analysis, site selection, master planning, space programming, facility planning, governmental approvals, and design and project coordination.
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CD Only - $199*
*All CD Registers will be assessed a $20 Shipping & Handling Fee for CD and Conference Materials.
Questions About this AudioConference CD? Call 1-800-431-7571
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