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PYS Hospital is the fictitious name of a 48,000 SF hospital addition located in a southeastern part of the US. The addition is going to be used to relocate the pychiatric patients from the south wing and also expand the inpatient rooms of the ER.

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This report includes three different analysis areas as well as a research area looking into way to improve the constructibilty, productivity, schedule, cost and safety of the project.

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Analysis 1: Prefbarication of Bathroom Pods

Modularization of  pods will be constructed off site, which will help improve the quality control and improve the schedule of the project. Modularizing the bathrooms resulted in $351,230 in savings, in addition to the bathroom construction being completed 10 weeks earlier than previously scheduled. 

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Analysis 2: Chiller Relocation and Size for Future Expansion

An inactive water-cooled chiller on the south building has been replaced with a new water-cooled chiller to power the addition. From a mechanical standpoint, having an air-cooled chiller that supports PYS Hospital as well as a future building is not recommended due to the excessive load. However, from a constructability and cost standpoint, it is recommended to move the chiller to the new addition.

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Analysis 3: Implementation of SIPS for Patient Floors

The layouts of the two patient room floors at PYS Hospital are repetitive. Implementing SIPS lends the opportunity to increase the workflow and productivity of the rough-ins and finishes for the patient rooms. There was a focus on having equal sized work zones, with all construction activities having an equal duration of 3 days. After comparing the SIPS schedule to the original schedule, it shows that 4 months were saved.

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Analysis 4: Image Processing of Deep Learning Research Topic

Artificial Intelligence uses smart image tagging to recognize objects after seeing it multiple times and then can determine whether safe practices are being followed. This can potentially eliminate the need of always having someone on site looking for it. Although there isn’t any hard evidence to prove that it improves safety yet, having it won’t hurt.