The Intricacies of Construction in an Occupied Hospital
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June 16, 2016
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Working on a project at a currently operating hospital carries its own particular, sensitive considerations. Carrie Rossenfeld of GlobeSt.com interviewed BNBuilders’ principal Jamie Awford about the process:
Working within an occupied hospital can be more complex than traditional construction, including fire/life safety requirements, phasing to maintain hospital operations, OSHPD review and approval process and containment of construction activities to ensure patients are not exposed. To solve these problems, careful construction planning is integrated during the design phase to develop the optimum approach to prevent problems in the field." -Jamie Awford