John Gregory

John Gregory has nearly 35 years of experience in medical gas system design and inspection, process piping, plumbing and fire protection system design for multiple business classes. He is a certified medical gas inspector, NITC 6020. John serves on the NFPA 99 Technical Committee for piping and installation, and he is a co-chair of the P.I.P.E. Medical Gas Committee in Arizona. Email John at john.gregory@wsp.com.

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The Mindful Designer

New tools for the new-age designer and how to use mindful awareness to bring creativity, perspective and curiosity to your designer’s toolbox.

September 5, 2022

John Gregory

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A more mindful approach to health-care design can help you gain a new perspective about the client you are working with.

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Hospital Emergency Water Needs

To calculate how much water to store and how big the emergency water storage tank should be, start with the gallons/day/bed measurement.

June 3, 2022

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In an emergency where water will be limited, it is critical for hospitals and other medical facilities to have enough emergency water on hand for four days.

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Simplistic Preliminary Design

To estimate the water needs for your project, you will need to obtain an estimate for what your mechanical engineer needs in makeup water.

March 1, 2022

John Gregory

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So, your firm has won the project, and it’s time to start the preliminary plumbing design for the building or buildings.

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Avoiding Catastrophe

It’s better to prepare for the worst and hope for the best than to react to every failure.

December 6, 2021

John Gregory

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Over the last century, pandemics have come and gone. From the 1918 Spanish Flu to the present day, millions have lost their lives to virulent strains of the influenza virus. COVID-19 and its variants are turning out to be one of those history-changing events.

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The MRI Room

Some facilities are performing medical procedures with magnetic resonance imaging equipment, which affects the medical gas systems.

September 3, 2021

John Gregory

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For a long time now, medical professionals were straightforward in what they could provide to patients via an MRI.

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Time for Reflection, Part 2

What have we learned from COVID-19 to retrofit existing facilities and design new ones and be better prepared for future pandemics?

July 2, 2021

John Gregory

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Older existing facilities can be complex in the way they have expanded over the years — piping systems exceeding their limits, adding valves for bypass abilities, replacing and updating equipment. The list goes on.