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Author Message David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1505 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 01:31 pm:    I currently have a project that is not a "hospital" but is a outpatient surgical center. I have not written hospital specifications in years. Can you point me in the direction to get my up to speed on the latest advancements in materials? Thanks! David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC Richard Gonser AIA CSI CCCA SCIP Senior Member Username: rich_gonser Post Number: 132 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 05:52 pm:    Will you be in Austin? We just finished construction of a 5+ OR Outpatient center here in California. HAI or "Hospital Acquired Infections" is the new buzzword versus "Infection Control." Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP, EDAC Senior Member Username: redseca2 Post Number: 557 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 06:17 pm:    Patient Confidentiality is another buzz word. You will need acoustical wall assemblies between many room types, or very loud white noise generators. You didn't note the location of the project. States have often very different requirements. I have even seen STC ratings listed, not in a state building code, but in the state laws. Nathan Woods, CSI, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: nwoods Post Number: 697 Registered: 08-2005 Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 06:23 pm:    hospital work is a bit of a specialty. I make a living at it. Everything is anti-microbal, anti-fungal, etc....and acoustics is a BIG deal. California's building code Chapter 12 requires certain acoustic performance ratings, and LEED for Healthcare requires compliance with the FGI guidelines, which are quite strenuous to meet. David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1507 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 06:54 pm:    So I had originally signed on to a project with an architect who was designing an addition to large fitness facility in Puget Sound area. The addition was to have additional basketball courts, weight room, lockers, etc. AND and indoor water park! That way mom and dad can go work out while the kids go play at the water park. A few months in the project was cancelled and I was paid to date for my work. Now the project has been resurrected but this time the project has additional locker room, salon (beauty I guess) and surgery rooms! I was told there would be orthopedic surgery and cosmetic surgery. The fitness facility is going to hire their own doctors. This facility will not be part of an existing hospital. (raising one eyebrow) Okay. I can't imagine that you can just open your own hospital in a strip mall without going through a ton of regulations and bureaucratic process. We shall see how this project goes. My guess is that is will be scaled back from knee/hip replacements to outpatient type procedures. David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: michael_chusid Post Number: 206 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 07:33 pm:    The business concept is sound. Healthcare is increasingly moving into innovative settings and many formerly major surgeries are routinely done on an outpatient basis. The combination of orthopedic surgery with a health club for physical therapy, and cosmetic surgery with spa and salon treatments, is completely reasonable. Don't think of this as a fitness center, but as a health center. Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru 818-219-4937 Sheldon Wolfe Senior Member Username: sheldon_wolfe Post Number: 927 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 11:53 am:    Hospitals I work with definitely are not in favor of anti-whatever products, nor is Kaiser Permanente.