This innovative office, clinic and outpatient surgical center was the ideal solution for a solo practitioner.
When a plastic surgeon in solo private practice decided
to build a free-standing surgical facility, a myriad of challenges
became apparent. Not least of these was that in
addition to approvals by the local planning commission,
city council and building department, the finished facility
would need to be certified by the federal government.
Design criteria included administrative offices, examination
rooms, and state-of-the-art operating, procedure
and recovery rooms, among other amenities. Site selection
considerations included that the facility should be
near other kinds of medical offices, and near but not on
a major thoroughfare. The site also needed to be large
enough to accommodate the 6,000 square foot building,
attendant parking and vehicle traffic flow.
As in all healthcare facilities, indoor air quality was a
main concern, with careful planning to allow filtered air
flow without cross-contamination. Mechanical equipment
was planned and sized to maintain air temperature
within a narrow temperature band. To comply with
requirements for Medicare certification, a full, automatic
power backup system was installed.
To protect patient privacy and comply with HIPAA regulations,
sound-deadening insulation was added and public
areas were designed to maintain privacy. A separate
exit from the surgical suite was also included.
Meeting all the design criteria while remaining within an
established budget is difficult in any construction situation,
but doubly so in a complex surgical facility. BD's
value-enhanced design-build strategy satisfied the budget,
the surgeon and the federal government.
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