Project Planning & Delivery Flashcards
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Which occupancy classification under NFPA 101 applies to buildings where occupants are primarily incapable of self-preservation due to their health condition?
Answer: Health Care Occupancy
Health Care Occupancy (Chapters 18/19 of NFPA 101) applies to facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes where patients cannot self-evacuate.
During final commissioning of a hospital HVAC system, which test verifies that the air distribution system maintains required pressure relationships between clinical spaces?
Answer: Air balance and pressure differential test
Air balance testing confirms correct supply/return/exhaust ratios and pressure differentials (positive or negative) between spaces such as isolation rooms and operating rooms.
On a healthcare project, what document formally authorizes the contractor to proceed with a change in work scope, and includes the adjusted contract sum and time?
Answer: Executed Change Order (CO)
A fully executed Change Order, signed by the owner and contractor (and typically the architect), is the formal contract amendment authorizing changed work.
A hospital's construction manager discovers that a subcontractor installed isolation room HVAC exhausts that exhaust into a shaft shared with supply air. What is the IMMEDIATE required action?
Answer: Notify infection control and halt work in that area pending corrective design review
Cross-contamination between exhaust and supply air in an isolation room is a critical infection control and life safety deficiency requiring immediate work stoppage and design review.
What is the significance of the substantial completion date on a healthcare construction project?
Answer: It is the date when the facility is sufficiently complete for its intended use and the warranty period typically begins
Substantial completion signifies the project is sufficiently complete for the owner to occupy and use it as intended, and it starts the warranty clock on most contracts.
A healthcare construction manager is tracking a potential owner-caused delay. Which documentation practice is MOST critical for preserving the contractor's claim rights?
Answer: Contemporaneous daily reports, photographs, and written notices issued within contract-required timeframes
Contemporaneous records and timely written notices per contract requirements are essential evidence for substantiating delay claims.
Which FGI Guidelines requirement directly affects the minimum number of single-patient rooms in a new acute care hospital?
Answer: The FGI Guidelines require 100% single-patient rooms in new acute care hospital construction
Since the 2006 edition, the FGI Guidelines (Facilities Guidelines Institute) have required that all patient beds in new acute care hospitals be in single-patient rooms.