Project Management at Arnold Palmer Hospital The equivalent of a new kindergarten class is born every day at Orlando's Arnold Palmer Hospital. With more than 13,000 births in the mid-2000s in a hospital designed 15 years earlier for a capacity of 6,500 births a year, the newborn intensive care unit was stretched to the limit. Moreover, with continuing strong population growth in central Florida, the hospital was often full. It was clear that new facilities were needed. After much analysis, forecasting, and discussion, the management team decided to build a 273-bed building across the street from the existing hospital. But the facility had to be made following the hospital's Guiding Principles and its uniqueness as a health center dedicated to the specialized needs of women and infants. Those Guiding Principles are Family-centered focus, a healing environment where privacy and dignity are respected, a sanctuary of caring that includes warm, serene surroundings with natural lighting, sincere and dedicated staff providing the highest quality care, and patient-centered flow and function. The vice president of business development, Karl Hodges, wanted a hospital designed from the inside out by the people who understood the Guiding Principles, who knew most about the current system, and who were going to use the new system, namely, the doctors and the nurses. Hodges and his staff spend 13 months discussing expansion needs with this group and with patients and the community before developing a proposal for the new facility. An administrative team created 35 user groups, which held over 1,000 planning meetings (lasting from 45 minutes to a whole day). They even created a "Supreme Court" to deal with conflicting views on the new hospital's multifaceted issues. Funding and regulatory issues added substantial complexity to this major expansion, and Hodges was very concerned that the project stays on time and within budget. Tom Hyatt, director of facility development, was given the task of onsite manager of the P100 million project and overseeing ongoing renovations, expansions, and other projects. The activities in the multiyear project for the new building at Arnold Palmer are shown in the table below: Expansion Planning and Arnold Palmer Hospital Construction Activities and Times ACTIVITY SCHEDULED TIME 1 month 2 weeks PRECEDENCE ACTIVITY(IES) 1. Proposal and review 2. Establish master schedule 3. Architect selection process 4. Survey whole campus and its needs 5. Conceptual architect's plans 6. Cost estimating 7.Deliver plans to board for consideration/decision 1 5 weeks 1 month 6 weeks 2 months 1 1 2,4, 5 1 month 6
Project Management at Arnold Palmer Hospital The equivalent of a new kindergarten class is born every day at Orlando's Arnold Palmer Hospital. With more than 13,000 births in the mid-2000s in a hospital designed 15 years earlier for a capacity of 6,500 births a year, the newborn intensive care unit was stretched to the limit. Moreover, with continuing strong population growth in central Florida, the hospital was often full. It was clear that new facilities were needed. After much analysis, forecasting, and discussion, the management team decided to build a 273-bed building across the street from the existing hospital. But the facility had to be made following the hospital's Guiding Principles and its uniqueness as a health center dedicated to the specialized needs of women and infants. Those Guiding Principles are Family-centered focus, a healing environment where privacy and dignity are respected, a sanctuary of caring that includes warm, serene surroundings with natural lighting, sincere and dedicated staff providing the highest quality care, and patient-centered flow and function. The vice president of business development, Karl Hodges, wanted a hospital designed from the inside out by the people who understood the Guiding Principles, who knew most about the current system, and who were going to use the new system, namely, the doctors and the nurses. Hodges and his staff spend 13 months discussing expansion needs with this group and with patients and the community before developing a proposal for the new facility. An administrative team created 35 user groups, which held over 1,000 planning meetings (lasting from 45 minutes to a whole day). They even created a "Supreme Court" to deal with conflicting views on the new hospital's multifaceted issues. Funding and regulatory issues added substantial complexity to this major expansion, and Hodges was very concerned that the project stays on time and within budget. Tom Hyatt, director of facility development, was given the task of onsite manager of the P100 million project and overseeing ongoing renovations, expansions, and other projects. The activities in the multiyear project for the new building at Arnold Palmer are shown in the table below: Expansion Planning and Arnold Palmer Hospital Construction Activities and Times ACTIVITY SCHEDULED TIME 1 month 2 weeks PRECEDENCE ACTIVITY(IES) 1. Proposal and review 2. Establish master schedule 3. Architect selection process 4. Survey whole campus and its needs 5. Conceptual architect's plans 6. Cost estimating 7.Deliver plans to board for consideration/decision 1 5 weeks 1 month 6 weeks 2 months 1 1 2,4, 5 1 month 6
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