How are the FTE and PTE numbers derived? The project is for a surgical addition.
Do I use actaul FTE and PTE numbers provide by the Owner?
Or are the numbers based on the square footage of the space and the actual or design occupant loads?
The 2nd floor is future fit-out space as well as part of the project. Does this fall under the category of Medical Office per Table 1 - LEED C&S 2009- Appendix 1?
On Table PLF3-1:
I have listed 3 types of spaces:
1) Surgical---->Healthcare: Inpatient
2) Circulation/Mechanical ----->Circulation Space (this includes the 4th floor mechanical space, which I listed as un-conditioned)
Is this the correct way to list mechanical space?
3) Future Fit-out Space (2nd Floor)
What space type usage should be listed? It will not let me select the "other" category.
How is the regularly occupied area calculated? The only real occupied space is the 3rd floor, which consists of 4 OR rooms, (2) scrub rooms, some storgage rooms, telcom room, sterile cooridor and a circulation corridor around the periphery of the entire floor.
Surgeries go on around the clock with people coming and going, but no one really occupies the 3rd floor on a full time basis.
Thanks.
Susan Walter
HDRLEEDuser Expert
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May 17, 2013 - 8:54 am
Start with the numbers that the owner is giving you. Then ask if this is a department expansion. Are they increasing the number of ORs due to a rise in surgical volumes? Or are they shifting things around for other reasons? You may have to go back to the master plan or a CON to determine this. Your project manager should understand that.
How is the 2nd floor intended to be used in the future? I think you have to make a reasonable stab at future occupancy but other posts discuss this better than I can.
If the floor isn't occupied on a full time bases, where are the staff members the rest of the time? What is the anticipated volume? Average length of surgical procedures? The owner has a ton of data on these things.
Clearly the ORs will drive the occupancy numbers for your calculations but you have to remember to include all the invisible support people. The CSR people who stock the sterile core areas, EVS staff who do the terminal cleanings, maintenance people servicing the AHUs, and others. These folks likely won't be assigned to your project space full time but some of their time is spent there and it it likely more than people realize.
I find it helps to think a little bigger and consider the overall hospital operations when determining occupancy. The department getting the new space is pretty easy because you have direct access to that manger. But, the facilities guys aren't getting new office space in my projects but they are all over the buildings all day. So, we plan on having 1 facility person in each building every day. Then when needed, we divide up that person's time for the project.
For documentation, provide a back up document. Explain how the scrub rooms aren't occupied except by staff going into the OR and that you have counted them in the OR. Explain how the storage and sterile core areas are stocked and who is stocking them.