Properly calculating the water requirements for expansive medical grounds and supporting buildings is vital to the facility’s infrastructure plan. Here, John Gregory uses square footage and employee counts as part of a systematic approach to determine the gallons per day needed. 

Ensuring that a healthcare facility can continue to provide care to patients during construction, requires thoughtful planning and innovative solutions.

Supplying oxygen to a hospital on a tiny Pacific island takes research and clear communication with the client. John Gregory describes just such a project he was involved with. 

Health care needs in rural areas may differ from urban areas, but facilities are usually sparse, and services are more limited and less specialized. Designing simple, maintainable and resilient plumbing systems helps avoid additional challenges to health-care facilities with limited resources.

IAPMO published its “Manual for Recommended Practice for Medical Gas Resiliency,” a comprehensive report for all health-care facilities. It provides a framework for creating and maintaining resilient and reliable medical gas systems, ensuring patients receive the necessary care, even in challenging circumstances.

These valves have different functions in a hot water system; make sure you understand how they work so you can select the appropriate valve for your client’s application.

Instrument air and service compressed air — compressed air systems found in health-care facilities — are often an afterthought as they are not considered life safety systems. Yet they are critical in operating rooms and sterile processing areas.

Technical Information Report 34 is a standard published by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. It details the importance of the sterile processing of medical devices and the effects of poor water quality on these processes. 

The Virginia Commonwealth University opened its eight-story, 154,000-gross-square-foot College of Health Professions building in 2019. Read on to learn how Mueller Associates provided MEP and fire protection system engineering services for the health-care building’s design.

When designing behavioral health facilities, plumbing professionals must choose environmental designs and products that minimize the risk of patients harming themselves and their caregivers. To do so, they need to understand the risk levels in each facility area.