Recently, in an article posted to Healthcare Construction + Operations News, Mark D. Johnson, director of healthcare at Beck Group, gives some insight into how and why prefabrication has been revolutionizing the healthcare design industry.
As the healthcare design industry continues to grow and change, it can be hard to keep up with and maintain aesthetics while providing a peaceful, safe environment for patients and staff. Healthcare design is incredibly complex. Above all, this is why it’s important to maintain foresight while constructing a facility. Moreover, technology, design, and patient care techniques are constantly evolving. With all of these changes, prefabrication is proving itself to be an extremely efficient and durable solution to the ever-changing healthcare world.
In short, here is a snippet from the article:
There have been recent studies and articles comparing. productivity changes in the architecture-engineering-construction (AEC) industry versus other fields. The general conclusions are that every industry has seen an increase in efficiency and productivity except for AEC. Many experts agree the silos that exist between architects, contractors and subcontractors are the primary cause.
Exacerbating the situation is the shortage of skilled labor and craftsmen. Between 2008 and 2012, an estimated two million jobs were eliminated from the construction industry. At least 50 percent of that workforce did not return,. resulting in a shortage of labor and creating an environment of uncertainty and unpredictability.
Industry experts believe the healthcare sector suffered most because healthcare facilities are more complex than other building types and require a higher level of skill in those positions.
To overcome these obstacles, healthcare architects,. contractors and owners are shifting their paradigm and increasingly moving towards modular design and prefabrication. The industry’s willingness to do this is changing how buildings are delivered in seven specific ways.
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