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Consulting
As facilities integrate more advanced technology into aspects of a building, everything from operations to occupants is impacted. For the construction of these integrated buildings, technology is not an afterthought, instead it is driving design decisions. At SSR, our technology innovation studio understands that technology can meet unique needs for different users, and that streamlined coordination and communication are critical to ensuring that all needs are met. Our dedicated team of technology futurists is filling the void that often exists between the owner’s vision and the design team responsible for bringing this to reality. It is our responsibility to translate the technology vision into actionable work for the design and construction team. Involved throughout a project, from visioning to operations, our team works to test new concepts, identify infrastructure requirements, and highlight design implications, resulting in efficient project education and increased decision making.
We are at the forefront of the rapid adoption of modern technologies integrated into the healthcare setting. Our technology innovation for healthcare team is an established group of healthcare and technology futurists that are pushing the envelope of what is possible relating to the integration of technology in patient care and the clinical experience. Our team of multidisciplinary experts brings real-world insight from clinical, operational, design, and construction backgrounds to provide researched solutions that support the delivery of better clinical and business outcomes. They have vast and diverse knowledge of emerging technology, trends, and their intentional applications to provide evidence-based solutions to address immediate and future needs in a healthcare setting.
Our unique approach is focused on the intersection of people, place, process, and technology. We begin by identifying the project’s leadership and decision-making structure, including clearly defined project goals, guiding principles, and organizational stakeholders. We then develop a digital roadmap that aligns information management and administrative goals with business goals and priorities, providing the strategic framework for prioritizing projects, making decisions, and allocating resources. We then identify interoperable technologies that enable information to flow seamlessly and securely to when, where, and how users need it. Finally, we focus on workflow improvements and optimization, diagnose barriers, and propose strategies to enhance operational efficiency, improve patient outcomes, and identify cost savings. These are summarized in our deliverables, including an innovation execution plan, equipment location matrix, use case narratives, and schedule of values. Through these steps, we are able to translate and articulate the innovation ideas into reality through collaboration with the dreamers, end users, leadership, and the design and construction team. We orchestrate this multidisciplinary process to create a successful “hospital of the future.”
A smart building leverages technology to enhance a building’s performance through the systems integrated into the building. Allowing a building’s HVAC, lighting, power, access control, and other systems to talk to each other and work together provides valuable data and functionality to the owner and operators of a building. These smart building systems provide an insight into a building’s performance and usage that can be used to continuously inform system operations, simplify and automate controls, anticipate occupant needs, and enable effective and preventative maintenance while enabling innovative ways for occupants to interact with the building.
Our team of Smart Building consultants can integrate these practices with standard MEP practices, working with the design and network engineers to utilize a horizontal architecture, either on the owner’s IT network or on a dedicated OT (operational technology) network. We take a vendor-neutral approach to providing a foundation for systems like AFDD (automated fault detection and diagnostics), Single Pane of Glass (SPoG) controls, IDL (independent data layer), and other systems to live on top of. Our team can also provide high-level consulting services to help an owner develop the business and use cases to drive a Smart Building. Smart buildings don’t just happen, they take intentional planning and collaboration. Our goal is to bring our Smart Building expertise, coupled with the expertise SSR offers in other areas (design, sustainability, technology, commissioning, etc.), to inform decision making and bring value through data analysis.