CO-SPEAKER
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Mr. Christopher McKenney, AC, Graduate, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Ms. Stephanie Shank, Student, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Mr. Mitchell Erickson, Student, Purdue University
Mr. Chen Chen, Student, Purdue University
Gregory Lasker, Associate Professor, HealthCare Built Environment Professional, Purdue University,
Purdue University
Gregory Lasker is Assistant Professor of Healthcare Construction Management, responsible for curriculum development of the newest specialty offering in the BCM Program. Healthcare Construction Management refers to any facility used in the healthcare industry – ranging from hospitals and clinics to nursing homes and laboratories. Constructors and managers working in the field must be familiar with factors such as infectious materials control, disruption avoidance, rapid technology changes, and advanced mechanical and electrical systems that are not typical in other types of building projects. Professor Lasker’s curriculum emphasizes the interrelationship of planning, design, and construction and will provide internship opportunities, project case studies, and invited guest lecturers of national and international prominence.
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Phillip S. Dunston is an Associate Professor with appointments in the Division of Construction Engineering and Management and the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue and teaches courses on project economic feasibility, project planning and control, equipment and methods, and visualization. He obtained his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. Before joining the faculty at Purdue in 2002, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington. Dr. Dunston is a 2003 US National Science Foundation Career grantee for research on Mixed Reality applications for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, and this research emphasis now includes verifying the efficacy of Virtual Reality as medium for learning and for collaborative decision making. One of his active areas of inquiry involves confirming the benefits of immersive Virtual Reality visualization for healthcare facility design review. A parallel track of research involves the application of field sensing technologies to improve construction operations. Dr. Dunston’ collaborative research has involved experts from such varied fields as computer engineering, health sciences, nursing, and psychology.
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Mr. Robert Smetana, Student, Purdue University
Description
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has undertaken a collaborative project to develop a case study of the commissioning process and related outcomes for its new surgical suites and post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) project. The project team and commissioning agent has followed the ASHE health facility commissioning process, while faculty researchers and students from Purdue University and the University of Arkansas Little Rock have studied the outcomes from application of the process. At this session, lessons learned from implementing the ASHE commissioning doctrine on this renovation project and from this industry-research collaborative will be explained. This session will enable you to:
● Describe the benefits of commissioning a health facility project, using the lessons learned from the project presented.
● Apply best practices, as presented in the case study, to building a collaborative project team.
● Discuss opportunities for collaboration with students during PDC and O&M processes as well as techniques for achieving successful group work in health care projects.
● Recognize ways to use academic and industry research findings to improve health facility design and construction projects.