title: Hospital renovation projects: phased construction requires planning at its best.
abstract: Building a new hospital facility is a difficult task, but adding onto and renovating an existing structure while normal activity continues is even more difficult. Project planners, designers, contractors, and hospital managers must carefully program the joint effort of construction and hospital operation. Several factors in the construction process and potential problems for hospital operations are described to help hospital managers better anticipate difficulties before plans are finalized and construction commences.
mesh_terms: D004607:Elevators and Escalators; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009623:Noise, Occupational; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012498:Sanitary Engineering; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States