Why is Designing and Building Energy Efficient, Sustainable and Cost Effective Facilities so Important to Ensuring Future Healthcare Demands are Met?

As the Australian demographic changes so does the needs of patients, staff and visitors that use them so maximising the potential of a limited budget is becoming harder. Whether you are expanding, building, maintaining or retrofitting a health facility it is critical that you keep tight control of costs and maximize funding in the right areas.

As many Queensland projects move through their lifecycle from the business and master plan stages to design, construction and operational phases, Health Facilities Design and Development 2012 will provide an eye opening educational forum where knowledge, new ideas, best practice and real world learning experiences can be shared amongst healthcare specialists. Providing 16 case studies from Queensland, the event will highlight the specific challenges, techniques and methodologies on new and existing facilities. And combine it with networking opportunities to share ideas with peers and competitors.

Ensuring User Group Focused Outcomes and Improving Recovery Times:

Sustainable design, construction and development of health facilities is key to achieve patient centricity and meet the government guidelines; it is therefore essential that you fully understand how to plan, design, construct, redevelop, manage and co-ordinate with all stakeholders effectively throughout the process.

Health Facilities Design and Development 2012 is a unique opportunity for healthcare professionals, construction contractors, architects, consulting engineers, state and federal government to share insights and strategies on how to collaborate effectively to achieve the shared objectives.

This event will share invaluable information from organisations that have developed solutions to successfully manage and overcome these issues.

• Meet current and future healthcare demands through energy efficient, sustainable, flexible and costs effective health facilities
• Providing user group centric facilities that are fit for purpose and contribute to improving healing times
• Securing and maximising funding allocation to develop and manage cost effective facilities

How to Develop the Best Facilities and Maximise Budget:

These sessions will cover the central challenges faced by all stakeholders involved in the planning, design, development and commissioning of hospital facilities! Presentations, panel sessions and discussions will combine to cover themes such as future proofing, delivery models, infection control, funding, design challenges, innovative techniques/technologies and more. You will hear a range of experiences and perspectives from across Australia and overseas, all maintaining a case study focus with learning outcomes that can help your project with practical advice and insights into common pitfalls and areas of difficulty.

Key Topics Addressed:

• Improving Healing Times through Intelligent Design
• Managing the Complexities Associated with Ensuring Facilities Remain Fully Functional
• The Role of Design in Flexibility, Cost Reduction and Time Management
• Managing the Logistics of Decanting the Mackay Base Hospital Redevelopment
• Achieving Tight Project Timelines for Client Handover through Advanced Planning and Sequencing
• Effective Strategies for Commissioning Hospital Construction: Steps and Stages
• Improving Patient Privacy and Hygiene through Effective Layout
• Effective Planning and Response Solutions to Rapidly Changing Equipment and Technology
• Increasing your Facilities’ Productivity through Effective Design
• Balancing Patient Care, Economic and Environmental Sustainability
• Cost Management Tools in Health Facilities Development
• Addressing Patient Comfort and Satisfaction through Effective Sound Masking
• Energy Efficiency: Planning, Designing and Building Sustainable Health Facilities
• Utilising HVAC Systems in the Quest for Energy Efficient, Sustainable Health Facilities
• Planning, Designing, Procuring and Delivering the Digital Hospital
• Whole of Life Costing: Accurately Predicting and Managing Operational Costs
• Aligning Design Principles to Match Patient Needs

What is New to Health Facilities Design and Development Queensland 2012?

Advanced Facility Design through Building Information Modelling

Understanding the technology available to streamline processes on any type of building project is important but perhaps no other building types can benefit more from Building Information Modeling (BIM) than healthcare facilities. Given the complex nature of Health Facility Design and the coordination of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, ensuring that the communication between project teams is optimized and facilities are user group centric is key to ensuring the successful delivery of a project.

The Advanced Facility Design through Building Information Modelling focus day is designed to provide healthcare professionals involved in BIM from across Architecture, Engineering and Construction with for critical information on best practice use of BIM in healthcare design, commissioning and validation throughout the entire project life cycle.

Who Will I Meet?

Australian Health Facilities Design and Development 2011 has been developed for:

This will cover industry leaders from:

2 Strategic Days Including

• Numerous Queensland developments, redevelopments and expansions
• Comprehensive coverage of planning, design and delivery mechanisms
• Focused technical presentations and workshops
• Interactive discussions including expert led panels and roundtables
• Presence of prospective buyers
• Networking opportunities with peers, competitors and solution providers