Challenges and Solutions

During the course of performing upgrades, unforeseen conditions become visible and can impact cost, constructability and schedule. The DPR project team worked diligently to resolve all challenges during the course of the project.

DPR discovered that the existing Unistrut framing system in the ceiling wasn’t adequate to support the new equipment. The team coordinated with Unistrut, who removed, engineered and replaced the existing framing system with a significantly stronger support system. DPR's great relationship with Unistrut allowed everyone to work together to swiftly resolve the issues with the framing system, with minimal impact to the tight schedule.

The DPR project team coordinated closely with the owner and equipment vendors, one of the main goals being to clearly communicate needs and expectations, maintain quality, minimize challenges and resolve issues. The Siemens Cath Lab equipment vendor team required special assistance when there were equipment issues, including missing parts and added systems not previously accounted for in the final documents. DPR's project team and the electrical trade partner worked with the Siemens Cath Lab equipment vendor team to procure and install the missing parts and to run new under-slab conduits through HVAC ductwork under the raised floor, finishing the installation over the holidays without extending the completion date and final AHCA inspection.

Also, with a fully occupied and operational NICU department located directly over the Cath Lab project, close coordination with the clinical staff and NICU team was essential. Zero impact was required for ongoing heart procedures in adjacent EP Lab and IR Lab rooms and for the NICU environment. DPR remained flexible and regrouped and rescheduled as needed several times due to intricate emergency procedures that arose during the upgrade work.

Why Green Light?

Research by the American Society of Anesthesiologists found that green lights give surgeons the clearest view of monitors. Also, in ORs, the eye is concentrated on a red spot (blood); when surgeons look up from their work, they see after images of cyan or blue-green because red and cyan are opposite to each other on the color wheel. The green color lights or blue-green color backgrounds help neutralize after images. ("Practical Applications of Color Psychology," Jain Malkin)