Crafting Hospital Data Centers -
The Critical Communications Tool for Hospital Networks

This conference will go over the steps involved in evaluating your existing situation and then planning for a new or renovated data center. You will get some idea of how long it may take and the typical design process for a data center. We will outline the major design drivers for this building type. We will discuss how a modular concept could help provide flexibility and reduce first costs. The host will list a series of common problems with existing Medical/Institutional server rooms as well as a series of best practices for new ones. We will discuss some basic qualifications to look for when selecting a team of consultants. We will wrap up with a basic discussion of the various ways to get into a new faculty including Bid/Build, Design Build, Construction Management, Custom Build Lease Back, and Collocation.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss Basic Planning and Design Process and Schedule for a New Data Center .
• Describe Typical Data Center Planning Issues.
• Define Modular Planning Concept.
• Identify Do's and Don'ts of Data Center Planning.
• Discuss Project Team Selection.
• Conduct Brief Discussion of Delivery Methods for a data center.

Presented By:

Shawn T. Reichart is an architect with a focus on Data Centers, High Tech Office Buildings, and University Buildings. He graduated from Temple University with a Bachelors of Architecture and has worked for RTKL since 1998. His Data Center clients include Johns Hopkins, Department of Defense, Verizon, the State of New York, and several large insurance companies. He has planned, built new and renovated facilities from 5000sf of raised access floor to over 100,000sf. He also built a data center for Highmark that is both Tier III rated by Uptime and Silver LEED certified. He is one of the young leaders in RTKL that is pushing the next generation of computer technology in design. His team was one of the first to use BIM (Building Information Modeling) at RTKL. As an Architect of data centers he has acquired a good understanding of the engineer requirements of this type of project. He has been successful at blending the needs of the various engineers into a highly reliable design while still building an attractive data center.

Who would benefit from this program:

• Facility Managers
• Facility Directors
• Designers

Continuing Education:

• This program meets the requirements for CHFM and CHSP Continuing Education Credits.

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes