Healthcare

Temperate, well-conditioned and well-controlled spaces and systems that are fine-tuned and efficient are critical to the comfort and care of your patients and comfort and productivity of the staff who use your healthcare facilities. The need for cost control and effective use of resources has also made sustainability and resilience considerations a high priority for new and expanded or renovated buildings. We understand these factors, and our goal is to help you achieve an invisible level of efficiency and comfort inside your facilities that complements the visible beauty of their design.

Sustainability is our priority

Hanson has a long history of working with healthcare clients from Florida to the Midwest. We partner with your facilities teams to assist in meeting the demands of this dynamic and ever-evolving industry. Sustainability is at the core of our practice, helping you to reduce energy usage and move toward carbon neutrality, which helps decrease your operational costs. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory studies have shown the benefits of retro-commissioning for large commercial buildings, and it is just one of the services we can provide to help you see results. As highlighted in the ASHE paper on Energy to Care, retro-commissioning “prioritizes low capital, quick payback changes. …, identifies opportunities where repairing or replacing equipment would lead to substantial savings on utility bills and increases reliability and building compliance, while reducing energy cost.”

Whether your building is a hospital, a clinic, a hospice or medical research or public-health facility, our involvement extends from the initial facilities and systems planning through post-construction support. Our team also understands the special resources needed to increase the operating efficiency of helipads, parking garages, office space and building connectors.

We are committed to meeting your specific needs, such as:

• development of owner’s project requirements for your mechanical, electrical, plumbing and energy systems
• LEED® sustainability certification assistance
• commissioning of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, access control, renewables and controls engineering systems
• construction observation for equipment installation and startup
• mechanical, electrical, plumbing and heating, ventilating and air-conditioning system evaluations and design
• facility condition assessments
• energy audits and energy roadmaps
• measurement and verification
• oversight and review or delivery of operation and maintenance training and documentation
• warranty review
• renewable energy systems, including solar and geothermal
• retro-commissioning