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John Gregory

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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Collaborative Health Care Design

Zone Valves

Designers will need to determine many decisions on their own until the code can explain concisely where to locate the zone valve box.
March 6, 2023
John Gregory
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The codes can be confusing when determining where zone valve boxes should be installed in critical care space, also known as Category 1 space. Read on for some tips on using the code to make those decisions.


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Collaborative Health Care Design

The Case for Vacuum Waste Systems

The water savings for such systems make them preferable to traditional approaches using gravity.
January 6, 2023
John Gregory
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With many western and southwestern states experiencing severe drought, conserving water is more relevant than ever. Read on to discover how to save water in hospitals by changing water closet waste systems.


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Collaborative Health Care Design

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
John Gregory
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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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Collaborative Health Care Design

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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Collaborative Health Care Design

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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Collaborative Health Care Design

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.
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Collaborative Health Care Design

Time for Reflection, Part I

A review of what we have learned about dealing with COVID-19 in health-care facilities.
March 8, 2021
John Gregory

A review of what we have learned about dealing with COVID-19 in health-care facilities.


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Collaborative Health Care Design

Auxiliary Connections

Consider using them for other than bulk oxygen emergency supply connections.
December 1, 2020
John Gregory
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Consider using them for other than bulk oxygen emergency supply connections.
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