Hospital construction

[aadhebala]

Please help. You are the project manager for the construction of a 20 story Hospital complex. The complex is of reinforce concrete structure, consisting of emergency words, general words, ICU, OPD, pharmacy, consultation/medication department, operation theatres, main cafeteria, testing clinical laboratory and of course wash or toilet facilities.

Discuss the factors you need to consider in providing necessary services like air conditioning systems, lighting systems, fire protection systems and other important related services in order to provide comfort to the Hospital users, especially to the patients, out patients (OPD) and hospital staffs and also visitors.

Regards
aadhebala

[webmaster]

Hospital construction is a very specialized theme, where lots of factors compared to normal building construction have to be taken into account. I can list some of the main differences for you but you should surround yourself with a good team of designers, safety and mechanical personnel when it comes to planning the project.

Many factors must be taken into account for the conditioning system as there are infection risks. Each ward and lab should have there own conditioning system with filters for safety against propagation of infected air. Visitors areas should have a separate conditioning system.
Factors like room size and room usage (labs and cafeteria especially) are factors influencing the conditioning system capacities.

Lighting system and power could be centralised but should be backed up with diesel generators for emergency breakdowns.

Fire protection system with sprinklers should be placed on several storeys. Fire protected wall finishings with fire resistant doors should be planned with emergency routes and escapes.

Due to the high weight of medical equipment, vibration and supplies (compressed air, gas, water, electricity, etc.), all concrete structures must be calculated and planned to sustain theses additional forces.

Hospital logistics are to be taken into account in the planning phase, i.e. lift capacities, kitchens, toilets, Helli landing port, ramps, storage rooms, electrical and mechanical rooms, offices, etc.

This is in deed very complex but much more challenging than usual building construction.

Hope this helps.

Regards

[aadhebala]

Very useful information. thankx

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