Patrick Hewitt

A hospital HVAC upgrade is rarely just an equipment-replacement exercise. In a normal commercial building, a plant shutdown may be scheduled after hours and managed as an inconvenience. In a hospital, the same shutdown can affect clinical areas, pressure relationships, temperature-sensitive equipment, infection-control arrangements and… Read More »Five Questions to Answer Before Upgrading HVAC in a Live Hospital

A practical and buildable mechanical services design is one that meets the required performance while allowing equipment and services to be safely delivered, installed, commissioned, accessed, maintained and eventually replaced. It must account for real plant space, service clearances, multidisciplinary interfaces and construction sequencing, not… Read More »Practical Mechanical Services Design: What Makes It Buildable?