NIOSH Supply Chain Project: New Hospital – Commercial Collaborative

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• Corporate Authors:
  Virginia Tech. Center for Innovation in Construction Safety, Health, and Well-being
• Description:
  Overview: The project featured in this case study was the construction of a new 9 story, 780,000 square foot hospital with a 3 story diagnostic and treatment building. This commercial project was performed collaboratively using Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). IPD as a method of project delivery emphasizes the collaboration and communication amongst stakeholders earlier on in the project. A goal of IPD is strong collaboration that will yield a final product that will better meet the needs of the facility's users. Context: The decision to build a new facility started in 2006 when the hospital realized that it had to expand to accommodate an increase of patients in the next ten years as the region's population grows older (Berry & Ellers, 2006). To accommodate for this growth, the hospital could either add 545,000ft2 of additional space to the existing 57-acre campus or construct a new hospital. Both options were considered carefully, but the hospital ultimately determined that the existing campus was too old, confined from expansion by surrounding roads and railroad tracks, and that a major renovation project would disrupt operations in the hospital. Building a new facility would allow for more modern technology on par with comparable hospitals, better room designs that would increase the efficiency of the hospital's staff, and more efficient systems that would result in lower annual costs. Objectives: The new facility was designed with 21st century healthcare standards in mind. Having a common layout for all floors and wings allows for hospital staff to work more efficiently. Modern building technologies translate into lower annual maintenance and utility costs. The project used IPD where all the suppliers worked under one contract. The goal of this is to increase collaboration and allow the project to move along more smoothly. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Case Reports Construction Industry Engineering Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Case Studies Construction Industry Engineering Controls Health Care Facilities Occupational Safety And Health
• Publisher:
  Innovation Center for Construction Safety and Health at Virginia Tech
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Case Studies
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-15
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062025
• Citation:
  Blacksburg, VA: Innovation Center for Construction Safety and Health at Virginia Tech, 2015 May; :1-15
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH supply chain project: new hospital - commercial collaborative
• End Date:
  20150131
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dcba682c16f51475065f67bf623d5164dbd2a3c0d42f82d95d29654bf5578f05c97a5cd49bbd65748b4bd4905a38065ae2d1d39a4f54b6a437a8386d66842b37
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225349/cdc_225349_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 565.73 KB ]