Healthcare Construction

Infection control isn’t just a box to check during hospital renovations — it’s a critical, regulated process that starts well before the first wall comes down. Yet too often, Infection Control Risk Assessments (ICRA) are treated as an afterthought, putting patient safety, staff workflows, and even project timelines at risk.

In late September, we hosted a webinar called Top Joint Commission ‘Findings’ Around Hospital Renovation and Construction Jobsites. This well attended live event featured our special guest, Robert Neil, MBA, CHFM, CHSP, Principal Consultant at Joint Commission Resources (JCR), as well as STARC’s own Bruce Bickford, Vice President of Product Development.

Every year, more than 600 million tons of construction and demolition material is wasted in the US, taking up some 3 billion square yards in landfills. It’s not helping the environment and also significantly adds to construction costs.

Two of the main culprits contributing to fire safety issues during healthcare construction projects are confusion surrounding fire codes and, in many cases, a general lack of awareness.

Rising prices are top of mind for project managers, who are doing their best to deliver on-schedule and on-budget while navigating supply chain issues and labor challenges. To help build some price predictability into project starts, many are taking a closer look at temporary containment, particularly for occupied renovations.

Healthcare contractors, facilities managers and others tasked with keeping healthcare renovation projects on schedule and on budget have had their hands full. Yet despite the challenges wrought by inflation, supply chain issues and labor shortages, there are reasons to be hopeful and strategies you can use to thrive through the uncertain year ahead.

Hospitals typically employ safety personnel to prioritize patient safety and to ensure that doctors, nurses and staff can do their jobs in a safe environment.

Welcome to 2022! As we kick off the New Year, let’s give a quick nod to some of the most relevant topics covered over the past 12 months. Following are the Top Five blog posts that resonated most with our growing audience of commercial contractors, project managers, facilities managers, infection preventionists, and others tasked with… Read more »

With prices for gypsum building materials rising steadily since October 2020 – and major renovations going out for re-bid as materials costs across the board continue to climb – it’s easy to understand why most contractors are concerned about soaring drywall costs.

We recently gathered an exceptional panel of healthcare construction safety professionals for a discussion about common challenges during occupied healthcare renovations. The panel provided meaningful advice for tackling a variety of safety challenges pulled from both their experience and from our customers’ field notes. ICYM the virtual roundtable, we rounded up advice for three common… Read more »