Nursing Home Design Guide
2006
The advantage of sharing campus
Emergency power (including fuel)
amenities include, but are not limited to:
Power and communications
Access to site
Where possible, dual feeds for some
Services and utilities
utilities should be provided. The
Possibility for use of existing on site
most pronounced of these would be
features
power sources. An attempt should
Existing buildings
be made to attain a feed to the
Medical facilities
facility from different substations.
Outdoor amenities
2.2.11 Services
Many of these items translate into cost
savings over the life of the facility.
Services as referred to in this
These and other shared amenities
section include, but are not limited
significantly affect project costs.
to:
Loading docks
Shipping/receiving areas
Morgue service areas
Trash areas
Vehicular turnaround roadways
Service ramps
The services for Nursing Home
facilities are a major component of
day-to-day operations. The location
of the services are not to conflict
with the main entrance to the facility.
(See Figure 2.10)
Figure 2.9
Parking and Roadways
Veterans Home of California at Chula Vista
2.2.10 Utility Access
Site utilities are critical to successful
operations. Among the utilities or utility
related components requiring site
accesses are:
Electrical service transformers
Communications services
Gas lines
Figure 2.10
Stormwater management
Site Service
Water and sewer utility
State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons,
Oil service (if applicable)
Colorado
Office of Facilities Management
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