2018 FGI Guidelines Webinar: Use of the Guidelines—An Architect's, Owner's, and AHJ's Perspective
Channel: Facility Guidelines Institute
Date: 2022-07-27

Presenters: Kirsten Waltz, AIA, ACHA, EDAC, LEED AP, Baystate Health; Wade Rudolph, MBA, CHFM, Mayo Clinic Health System; and John Williams, Washington State Department of Health

Description: The FGI Guidelines documents contain minimum requirements for design and construction of health and residential care facilities. This presentation will help viewers understand how to apply these requirements as minimum requirements, a starting point for more expanded designs where needed, and a base for regulatory review of facility plans. Choosing the approach appropriate for each project will help designers and care organizations provide facilities that support today’s clinical and residential care practices and offer a safe environment for patients or residents and staff.

This webinar will enable viewers to:

1) Describe how to use the Guidelines to design facilities that offer the flexibility needed to maintain a safe environment for staff and patients/residents over time.
2) Apply the Guidelines requirements to facility types that aren’t specifically identified in the Guidelines
3) Explain why beginning a project with development of a functional program and safety risk assessment is critical to a satisfactory, functional final project.
4) Use the Guidelines throughout the project delivery process and into the postoccupancy period as a guide to creating facilities that serve their intended purpose.

*Please note that continuing education credit is no longer available for this webinar.