For Immediate Release (02/28/09)
New Article Published on Trends in Hospital Safety
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new article on hospital safety.
The article has been published in the March 2009 edition of Hospital Newspaper.
The article includes discussion of the latest healthcare design trends, and hospital design trends, including: Patient Safety and Quality Improvements.
The article was written by the firm’s principle, a well-known expert in hospital safety design, William N. Bernstein, AIA.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in hospital safety and healthcare safety. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For more information about how to design your hospital and healthcare facilities to maximize patient safety and staff safety, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, AIA
Principal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Solving Hospital Building Department and Fire Department Problems
Many hospitals have building department and fire department problems. These problems include: open building department applications, violations (involving most commonly boilers, elevators, and facades), and in some cases only a temporary Certificate of Occupancy (C. of O.) or no C. of O. at all.
There a number of reasons that many hospitals have these problems. Chief among the reasons are a changing cast of characters of administrators, architects and contractors, which tend to shift and change over time. Therefore, the extreme amount of paperwork and sign-off procedures required to keep the hospital's building department record up to date, can sometimes fall through the cracks as new administrators, architects and contractors come and go. Another factor is the increased but certainly justified scrutiny that hospitals come under from building departments and fire departments, due to the number and nature of many of its patients, and the additional fire safety regulation and infrastructure required in a hospital. And all of the above items are complicated by the constant need of hospitals to modify and add onto their facilities.
Hospital project management company, Empire Projects. Inc., has developed a methodology to solve the building department and fire department problems faced by hospitals. The methodology begins with a thorough search and documentation of all open applications and violations at the Building Department, Fire Department, Bureau of Electrical Control, Environmental Control Board, and Department of Transportation. A spreadsheet of violations is developed, listing violation or application numbers, project type and location, and a list of line items indicating action items and responsible parties.
With the above spreadsheet in hand, Empire Projects, Inc. then systematically goes through each violation and open application, and contacts the original filing party that is responsible for the close out. In most cases, the original architect, engineer or contractor can be convinced to fulfill the original obligations for sign-off in their contract. If not --- either the original vendor is unwilling or unable to do so --- then Empire Projects, Inc. will either hire a new vendor or take over the work themselves, in consultation with the hospital.
Once all of the open applications and violations are closed out, Empire Projects, Inc. is able to obtain a final Certificate of Occupancy (C. of O.).
For more information about solving hospital building department problems, please contact hospital project management consultants and hospital owner's representatives, Empire Projects, Inc.:
Empire Projects, Inc.
(Project Management Consultants and Owner's Representatives)
59 West 19th Street -New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-463-0800
Fax: 212-463-9898
Email: info@empireprojects.com
www.empireprojects.com
There a number of reasons that many hospitals have these problems. Chief among the reasons are a changing cast of characters of administrators, architects and contractors, which tend to shift and change over time. Therefore, the extreme amount of paperwork and sign-off procedures required to keep the hospital's building department record up to date, can sometimes fall through the cracks as new administrators, architects and contractors come and go. Another factor is the increased but certainly justified scrutiny that hospitals come under from building departments and fire departments, due to the number and nature of many of its patients, and the additional fire safety regulation and infrastructure required in a hospital. And all of the above items are complicated by the constant need of hospitals to modify and add onto their facilities.
Hospital project management company, Empire Projects. Inc., has developed a methodology to solve the building department and fire department problems faced by hospitals. The methodology begins with a thorough search and documentation of all open applications and violations at the Building Department, Fire Department, Bureau of Electrical Control, Environmental Control Board, and Department of Transportation. A spreadsheet of violations is developed, listing violation or application numbers, project type and location, and a list of line items indicating action items and responsible parties.
With the above spreadsheet in hand, Empire Projects, Inc. then systematically goes through each violation and open application, and contacts the original filing party that is responsible for the close out. In most cases, the original architect, engineer or contractor can be convinced to fulfill the original obligations for sign-off in their contract. If not --- either the original vendor is unwilling or unable to do so --- then Empire Projects, Inc. will either hire a new vendor or take over the work themselves, in consultation with the hospital.
Once all of the open applications and violations are closed out, Empire Projects, Inc. is able to obtain a final Certificate of Occupancy (C. of O.).
For more information about solving hospital building department problems, please contact hospital project management consultants and hospital owner's representatives, Empire Projects, Inc.:
Empire Projects, Inc.
(Project Management Consultants and Owner's Representatives)
59 West 19th Street -New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-463-0800
Fax: 212-463-9898
Email: info@empireprojects.com
www.empireprojects.com
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