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.
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.
A more mindful approach to health-care design can help you gain a new perspective about the client you are working with.
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.
Emergency departments are a fast-growing health-care market in the United States.
So, your firm has won the project, and it’s time to start the preliminary plumbing design for the building or buildings.
Plumbing engineers should get involved as early as possible to understand equipment requirements, staff workflows, needed source equipment and space considerations.
American Rescue Plan funding facilitates many improvements in school restrooms to reduce the spread of illness. The Healthy Schools, Healthy People initiative cites comprehensive data proving that proper hand hygiene is key to good health for the whole school community.
Designing plumbing systems for these facilities, particularly their scope and instrument reprocessing areas, can be a daunting task even for designers familiar with them.
For a long time now, medical professionals were straightforward in what they could provide to patients via an MRI.
If you’re paying attention to the news — and I wouldn’t blame you for turning it off and listening to some music — but if you are, you’ve noticed a theme of “One year ago today.”
Reducing touch as a vector of transmission is an obvious benefit to specifying hands-free fixtures in health-care facilities.
A review of what we have learned about dealing with COVID-19 in health-care facilities.
ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI) will offer three free webinars, plus a detailed course targeted to the European and Middle East regions, focused on mitigating potential health risks during reopening of buildings closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.