Building Load Coordination Services
Long before construction is complete, the process of selection and procurement of new furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FFE) must be planned and executed. While the use of an equipment-planning expert is typical, it is not typical to outsource the task of verifying and entering requisition data. Yet most organizations do not have the depth of resources to perform thousands of requisitions in addition to their daily procurement operations.
Later, at some point prior to and after construction substantial completion, the process of receiving, installing, and testing all new FFE must begin. Loading thousands of items into a new health care facility and ensuring that each item is documented, placed correctly, installed, and tested for serviceability is a major undertaking. In addition to coordinating with internal departments such as facilities, IT, capital development, biomedical engineering, etc., there are numerous external service providers from truckers to technical teams from manufacturers and vendors, which must be coordinated to ensure success.
The Carter Group provides the following to ensure success:
- Develop Budget Formats and Provide Regular Budget Updates
- Development of Interface for External Requisitioning
- Management of Requisitioning Process
- Provide Pre-Installation Validation that Specifications Coincide with Design, Construction and IT Interface
- Vendor and Manufacturer and Contractor Coordination
- Cross Coordination of Vendor and Client Installation Work
- Manage Selection Process for Warehousing, Consolidation, Delivery, and Installation of Furniture Fixtures and Equipment (FFE)
- Develop Integrated Building Load Schedule
- Develop Building Loading Management and Implementation Team Structure
- Provide Regular Executive Summaries of Project Process and Performance
- Integration of Building Load and Migration Schedules
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