When a patient walks through the door of a doctor’s office, whether it’s a family physician, chiropractor, dentist or veterinarian, he or she needs to easily find the check-in area to make his or her attendance known. Patients may not know that check-in area starts off a whole path that they will follow while receiving treatment through paying their bill, also known as patient flow.
Posts about Design/Build (4)
Four Key Site Selection Factors before Purchasing Commercial Property
When searching for commercial property you can and should rely on your realtor for many key details and features of the site that will benefit your business. That being said, there are details that only a Design-Build partner can help you make a more complete, educated decision. With the Architect and Contractor on the same team, they will review the site together and determine obstacles and costs quickly. Specifically, Design-Build contractors are looking for infrastructure, constructability, and challenges of a site that could potentially add cost to a construction budget or schedule.
The Best Method to Build Light Commercial & Light Industrial Buildings
Light Commercial Construction includes, but isn't limited to, medical practices, dental practices, office buildings, restaurants, banks, auto dealerships, and generally any building that is 25,000 s.f. or less and used for commercial business.
Light Industrial Construction includes, but isn't limited to, (as defined by National Institute of Building Sciences -11/5/19), “space types used for assembly, disassembly, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, and repairing or processing of various types of materials…spaces for printing, commercial laundry, film processing, vehicle repair, building maintenance shops, metal work , millwork, cabinetry work” and warehousing. Also the light industrial buildings are typically not over 2 stories tall.
How to Design an Office for Patient Centered Medical Home
Since Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is more of a management model or philosophy, you may not have considered the building design changes that may be necessary to make the conversion. Below we discuss some of the elements that your PCMH office design should consider.
You Have Construction Service Options
Which construction delivery system is best for your project?
There are several unique and distinctive methods for providing construction solutions. As a business owner you have the luxury of selecting the most beneficial and appropriate delivery system for your type of project.
Certificate of Need and Your Design Build Contractor
Updated 11/24/20: The controversial Certificate of Need (CON) program in Michigan is in question through several new bills that passed the Michigan Senate in February 2020. It has yet to be decided in the House. The debate has been ongoing and seems to be getting more and more heated with those against it arguing for an open market approach to drive down cost and those for it are claiming that the medical industry needs to be regulated to keep a high standard of care at an affordable cost.
Repurpose Your Commercial Office to Be More Modern
What Ideas Will Work for You?
Appearance is one of the triggers that leads to remodeling, but isn’t the only good reason to remodel. Other reasons like efficiency, reorganizing unused space, right-sizing, and new technology can make a big difference in attracting or retaining talent, saving money and improving productivity. Furthermore, modern designs that are created with goals of safety, appearance, efficiency, and increased focus or productivity can help you to make your space more useful for staff and enticing to clients.
Knowing Long Lead Items Early Speeds up Construction Schedules
Certain building materials or products that have to be ordered, imported, and/or manufactured specifically for a building can take longer than the natural progression of a construction schedule. These are considered Long Lead Items (LLIs). They commonly occur with pre-engineered buildings, elevators, generators, mechanical equipment that is heavy enough to need a helicopter lift, electrical switch gear, fancy finishes, or imported products to name a few.
A Guide to Relocating Your Business When the Time Is Right
In “Five of the Best Reasons for a Commercial Renovation”, I discussed why you should remodel now if you plan to stay at your current location. In this blog, we offer tips on relocating your business/practice because your current location or building is no longer feasible to use. Note: if you own your existing space, it’s best to consult with your real estate agent to discuss the options regarding selling/renting your building.
Top Reasons to Relocate Your Business:
- Traffic patterns change over time. Perhaps you’re no longer in an active area and therefore, you aren’t readily drawing traffic to your business/practice. Seeking space in an area that’s busier could help your bottom line; however you likely will pay higher rent than you're paying now.
- Your building needs a major update either to the structure/ infrastructure/energy efficiencies that exceed the cost of building a new building.
- You need to expand your building to accommodate new equipment or additional staff, but you’ve run out of room or can't meet parking and zoning requirements.
- You originally started your business in a house and now the maintenance costs have become too much and/or you can’t alter the space for efficient use.
4 Reasons Why the Preconstruction Phase Is Key to Project Success
For both Design-Build and Construction Management delivery methods, the start of Preconstruction Phase is Architectural Design and it’s a very exciting time for most building owners. They love the ideas, options, and decorating aspects for their building. And then, when drawings are done, the owner is eager to get to the other main event of Construction Phase. But there is so much more happening during Design than they know and a lot more to be done before this Preconstruction Phase, “Pre-Con”, is complete. This is also when the contractor gets organized to save the most time and money during construction.