Just-in-Time Healthcare Project Management Services

As the economy slows, and construction budgets and schedules are cut, clients may wish to consider Just-in-Time Healthcare Project Management.

Unlike conventional Healthcare Project Management services --- which start at the beginning of the project and conclude at the close-out --- Just-in-Time Healthcare Project Management is essentially an a la carte program for introducing Healthcare project management services at what are often crisis points in the life of a construction project.

The most common target of Just-in-Time Healthcare Project Management is a project that is in trouble, as an example: a project that is over-budget, missing critical project deadlines and/or where construction team dynamics have deteriorated and need to be reconstituted to allow the team to function more effectively.

The most common insertion points for Just-in-Time Healthcare Project Management are as follows:
- site selection
- programming
- design
- construction bid and award
- construction phase
- post construction

The most common Just-in-Time Healthcare Project Management services fall into one or more of these areas:
- Cost: Cost Reduction, Cost Control, and Cost Monitoring
- Schedule: Schedule Reduction, Schedule Control, Schedule Monitoring
- Approvals: Expediting approval at the Planning Department, Building Department, Fire Department and/or State Health Department
- Close Out: Punchlist, Close Out Procedures and Documents, Commissioning, Financial Reconciliation/Resolution

For more information about Just-in-Time Healthcare Project Management, please contact Healthcare project management consultants and Healthcare owner's representatives, Empire Projects, Inc.:

William N. Bernstein, PMI, AIA -
President
Empire Projects, Inc.
(Healthcare Project Management Consultants and Owner's Representatives)59 West 19th Street -
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-463-0800
Fax: 212-463-9898
Email: info@empireprojects.com
www.empireprojects.com

New Program to Reduce Healthcare Construction Costs in 2009

New Program to Reduce Healthcare Construction Costs in 2009

With a greater need than ever to cut healthcare costs, more and more healthcare clients have asked well-known healthcare project management firm, Empire Projects, Inc, a simple question: "How Can We Reduce Construction Costs in 2009?"

In response, the firm has developed a concise Construction Cost Reduction Program for clients looking to reduce their healthcare capital costs for construction in 2009.

The cost control program is set up to value engineer projects in detail, at (5) critical project stages: programming, schematic design, construction documents, construction bidding, and construction.

The program can be utilized for all (5) critical project phases, or can be employed at just one or more of the phases.

Potential healthcare construction cost savings are usually a minimum of 5% of construction cost, and can exceed 20% in certain cases.

The construction cost savings generated through this program greatly exceed the fees charged by EPI to implement it. In addition, the value engineering process creates leaner and better projects.

For more information on how this program can help control and reduce your healthcare construction costs in 2009, please contact:

William N. Bernstein, AIA -
President
Empire Projects, Inc.
(Healthcare Project Management and Owner's Representative Services for Design and Construction Projects)59 West 19th Street -
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-463-0800 I
Fax: 212-463-9898 I
Email: info@empireprojects.com
www.empireprojects.com

Construction Safety Website

I found a new construction safety website that is worth a visit. The address of the site is www.constructionsafety.org.

Construction safety is an important topic for all involved in the design and construction industry, whether you are an architect, designer, engineer, contractor, sub-contractor, manufacturer, equipment supplier, facility manager or owner. Construction accidents can be reduced through knowledge, preparation, and execution of safe construction practices on every job site.

This website about construction safety offers every member of the design and construction team the opportunity to learn more about construction safety. Help to make your construction site safer starting today. Safe construction sites and safe construction practices help to prevent accidents. As a further benefit, a focus on construction safety contributes to a more professional work environment, leading to better quality work with fewer delays.

What you will find on www.constructionsafety.org: Construction Safety News, Products and Services Focused on Construction Safety, Services Focused on Construction Safety, Construction Safety Training and Books and Articles Written About Construction Safety.

Reading Room Design Article Features the Work of Architecture for Radiology

12/26/08

Architecture for Radiology (the only architecture firm in the world focused exclusively on radiology design and construction) is pleased to announce that its radiology design work has been featured in a new article on the subject of reading room design.

The article is entitled “Illuminating Reading Room Design for Better Reading Strategies”. It was written by Justine Cadet, and published in the December 2008 issue of Health Imaging & IT Magazine.

The article addresses a number of key design parameters for reading room design, and would be a good introduction to the subject for radiologists, radiology administrators and/or radiology consultants involved in radiology room design, including the planning and design of reading rooms.

Amongst the topics covered in the article are: workflow within the reading environment, lighting; acoustics; HVAC; privacy vs. collaboration, ergonomics; standardization vs. customization, and design materials and colors.

Architecture for Radiology’s well-known radiology room design principal - William N. Bernstein, AIA – is quoted extensively in the article.

About Architecture for Radiology, LLP:

Founded in 2003, this architecture design firm specializes exclusively in radiology design and construction. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art radiology practice including leading edge equipment, planning strategies, and PACs implementation. AFR is experienced with all modalities, and with all of the major radiology equipment manufacturers. The firm is a well-known consultant in radiology design, radiology planning, radiology room design, ct room design, mri room design, nuclear medicine room design, cat scan room design, mammography room design and linear accelerator room design. The firm’s radiology work has been published extensively.

For further information about radiology planning and design, including reading room design, please contact Architecture for Radiology, LLP:

William N. Bernstein, AIA
Principal
Architecture for Radiology, LLP
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.645.0900 Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: wb@arch4rad.com
www.arch4rad.com

Architecture for Radiology Receives New Women's Center Design Commission

12/08/08

Architecture for Radiology (the only architecture firm in the world focused exclusively on radiology design and construction) is pleased to announce that it has been selected to design a new women's center in Westchester County, NY.

The project includes multiple women's center modalities including the design and construction of rooms for ultrasound, bone densitometry, digital mammography and stereotactic biopsy. In addition, the women's center will have typical support space such as dressing rooms, offices, reception and waiting.

The project will be designed to complement the professional and caring approach of the radiologists behind this new, state-of-the-art women's center.

About Architecture for Radiology, LLP:

Founded in 2003, the firm specializes exclusively in radiology design and construction. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art radiology practice including leading edge equipment, planning strategies, and PACs implementation. AFR is experienced with all modalities, and with all of the major radiology equipment manufacturers. To focus on one modality, as an example, experience with MRI suite design includes the following: (5) 3.0T MRI suites within the last five years, one of the few 7.0T MRI suites in the entire world, and over (20) 1.5T MRI suites over the last 18 years. The firm’s radiology work has been published extensively --- see section below on Radiology Publications.

Representative Radiology, Healthcare and Laboratory Publications:
- "Design of a State-of-the-Art Research Radiology Center"© William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- "Universal Room Design Can Mitigate Change Costs", © William N. Bernstein, Aunt Minnie.com
- “The Planetree Approach”, © William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- “Trading Spaces”, © William N. Bernstein, Advance for Imaging and Oncology
- “Ten Points of the New Healthcare Design", © William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- "Facility Planning Implications of the New MRI Safety Guidelines", © William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- "Finding the Right Space for a New Imaging Center", © William N. Bernstein, AuntMinnie.com
- "On the Front Lines: A NYC Hospital Engineer's First Hand Account of Sept. 11", Health Facilities Management, © William N. Bernstein (with Michael Rawlings)
- "Floor Planning In a Nutshell", © M. J. Tamas, Advance for Administrators in Radiology
- “Architects Double-Team the Future of Radiology with Experience and a Can-Do Attitude”, © P. Rohland, Advance for Administrators in Radiology
- "Renovated Space, Skywalk `Reconnect' - 4 Floors Up", Health Facilities Management

For Further Information about Architecture for Radiology, LLP, please contact:

William N. Bernstein, AIA
Principal
Architecture for Radiology, LLP
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.645.0900 Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: wb@arch4rad.com
www.arch4rad.com

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