FEATURES

20 FYI: Defining the Future of Healthcare Design

This roundtable discussion offers commentary from six industry experts who share their views of today’s most exciting design trends as well as their predictions on what the ideal healthcare environment will look like in 2018..

26 Focus On Design: Controlling Critical Indoor Air

Today’s surgical suites require highly responsive HVAC systems to ensure minimal infection levels, improve patient outcomes and regulate energy costs
By Laura Rygielski and Maureen Lally

CONTINUING EDUCATION SERIES

14 FM Continuing Education: A Study of Carpet Tile Viability

FM Continuing Education: A Study of Carpet Tile Viability
By completing this lesson, participants may qualify for continuing education credits from professional facility management associations or licensing boards..
By Debra Harris, PhD, AAHID

COLUMNS

6 From The Publisher

By Emily Howard, Publisher

10 Editorial

By Ode Keil, Senior Editor

12 Inside Leadership Strategies

By A. Robert Turk

DEPARTMENTS

8 In The News

14 Ask The Experts

Facility management, safety and environmental professionals field readers' questions regarding housekeeping and healthcare design.

29 Greening Healthcare: The Path to Environmental Excellence

By Nicholas DeDominicis

30 Ask The Experts

Facility management, safety and environmental professionals field readers’ questions regarding communications, infection control and safety and security.

32 Facility Solutions: Understanding Green Roofs

By Robert Kravitz

34 Product Roundup: Floor and Wall Coverings

By Robert Kravitz

37 Symposium Distinction Award Winner

Facility management, safety and environmental professionals field readers’ questions regarding communications, infection control and safety and security.

40 New Products

42 Advertiser Information

ON THE COVER

Cover photo of Center for the Intrepid National Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center, San Antonio, Texas, courtesy of SmithGroup, Detroit, Mich.