While every construction project places tough demands on electrical contractors, healthcare projects are a special breed. Why? Because the electrical systems that power health care facilities – and usually, there are multiple systems within a broad system framework) – are highly complex and equally critical.
The construction manager for a healthcare organization, you understand how crucial it is that a healthcare facility’s electrical systems are properly designed, expertly deployed within the scheduled timeframe, and backed by an electrical contracting firm that possesses strong know-how, deep resources and rock-solid reputation.
Common challenge #1:
Leveraging multiple industry sector experiences to maximize value. As we said before, healthcare projects are specialized and demanding, and they require each subcontractor – including the chosen electrical contracting firm – to utilize a broad skill set to meet the challenge.
Some electrical contractors may claim they’ve worked on healthcare projects, and some may have worked on select project types (i.e., physician offices, rehab centers). With Triamed Healthcare pvt ltd, you’re getting an electrical contracting firm that not only has deep experience in many healthcare project types but also has decades of experience and success in other sectors like commercial, industrial, retail and education. This breadth of experience offers GCs and construction managers great value, as we’ll explain in common challenge #2.
Common challenge #2:
Rehabilitation center in the hyderabad area for a prominent hospital system, and we used colored conduits that identified each of the different electrical systems within the building to maintain clear separation among sub-systems. It’s an approach we’ve used for other building types to simplify how otherwise complicated wiring is identified; our experience in those arenas enabled us to provide a creative solution to our rehabilitation center project. This, in turn, will make it easier to service the electrical system in the facility over time.
Common challenge #3:
Working effectively with multiple power distribution systems. Typical commercial buildings usually feature one basic electrical distribution system. In a health care facility like a hospital or rehabilitation center, there generally are many systems – normal power, critical power, equipment power, emergency power, essential power, fire alarm and nurse call, to name a few – and each one must be distributed separately.
Common challenge #4:
Identifying potential design issues and oversights, then mitigating the damage with minimal or no effect on scheduling or budgets. Imagine having to reroute conduit due to early stage engineering errors down a patient wing that’s already painted and completed. Sounds expensive, right? Through our decades in the business, we’ve seen numerous instances where construction drawings were incorrect. Your electrical contractor should have the experience, insight and courage to speak up, ask intelligent questions and get the answers needed to keep the electrical portion of the project on track and on budget. Catching mistakes early on can mitigate the associated cost and help ensure trouble-free electrical operations over time. In this regard, an electrical contractor can be a GC’s valuable partner.
Common challenge #5:
Mobilizing, dedicating and committing qualified and experienced labor to work the project on schedule and on budget. This may seem like the price of admission for any contractor, but again, health care is unique. For proof, consider: The typical headboard in a hospital room contains up to 20 electrical receptacles, each of which has a distinct function. Those, in turn, are fed by different systems, so given all the electrical capacity that gets packed into this small space (let alone the room in which that headboard resides, and the entire facility), the electrical contracting firm you choose must have the requisite manpower to handle such complex requirements within the specified project schedule and budget.
Common challenge #6:
Ensuring safety from project inception through completion. Worksite accidents, in health care projects or any other construction project, can cause injuries and even death. No matter the severity, these will always be the most important consequences. Beyond this, though, worksite accidents also can lead to budget overruns, delays, end-user dissatisfaction and even lawsuits. At Triamed Healthcare pvt ltd, we maintain an established and comprehensive safety program that ensures workers are properly trained in all elements of safe work practices. This helps to mitigate jobsite accidents and keep project schedules and budgets on track.
