Design the dream : a veterinarian's preconstruction primer / [edited by] Thomas E. Catanzaro ; insights by veterinary-specific architects, Daniel D. Chapel ... [and others] ; working appendices by veterinary-specific consultants, Steve Amsberry ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Catanzaro, Thomas E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Veterinary hospitals--Designs and plans.

Veterinary hospitals.

Genre:

Architectural drawings.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ames, Iowa : Iowa State Press, 2003.

Summary:

The process of planning and building or renovating a veterinary healthcare facility is often long, complex, and fraught with problems. To increase the chances for success and to learn how to manage your design team resources, turn to the Design the Dream consultants -- specialists who provide guidance based on visits to over 2500 veterinary hospitals in the past decade. Design the Dream teaches practice managers/administrators, board members, facility planning teams, and veterinarians about the process, potential pitfalls, and technical terminology of veterinary facility programming and design. Conceived and developed as a preconstruction self-training and orientation text, Design the Dream demonstrates how members of the practice staff and technical experts work together to create the long-range plan of the practice. Eight veterinary-specific architects provide insights into coordinating the construction process. Examples of flow diagrams and facility floor plan drafts spark creativity, provide a starting point for adaptation to individual needs, and represent a dream that can be pursued and achieved. Whether your veterinary healthcare team is creating a new facility or adapting an existing facility that no longer fits your practice style or client expectations, Design the Dream will ease the process.

Contents:

Introduction: Even in Veterinary Practices, Form Follows Function: ix Insights and Perspectives: Building a New Facility

The Dream Becoming a Reality / a typical practice manager xvii

Chapter 1 Planning Needs: 3 Insights and Perspectives: Eyes Wide Open, Eyes Wide Shut

Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster / Wayne Usiak, AIA, NCARB 13

Chapter 2 The Design Team: 25 Insights and Perspectives: From Start to Finish

Who Can Assist You / Sam Salahi, AIA 42

Chapter 3 Design Scope and Fees: 49 Insights and Perspectives: Project Economics / Lawrence A. Gates 64

Chapter 4 The Design Elements: 71 Insights and Perspectives: Getting Started without Stumbling / Tony L. Cochrane, AIA 94

Chapter 5 The Production Documents: 103 Insights and Perspectives: Getting It Built

Construction Options / Paul Gladysz, AIA, CSI 117

Chapter 6 Public Affairs: 125 Insights and Perspectives: Things to Consider After You Think You're Done

PR Issues Lurking in the Weeds to Bite You / Mark R. Hafen, AIA, NCARB 130

Chapter 7 The Building of the Practice Team and Other Mega-Ideas: 137 Insights and Perspectives: Business Planning Process for Veterinary Facility Development / Mark J. Schmidt, AIA 146

Chapter 8 The Expanded Facility Planning Process: 157 Insights and Perspectives: Team Roles and Expectations / Daniel D. Chapel, AIA 163

Appendix A Knowing Your Value So They Can Know It Too / Robert W. Deegan, DVM 171

Appendix B Pre-Architect Feasibility Review / Thomas E. Catanzaro, DVM, MHA, FACHE 187

Appendix C 2002 Building Costs (National Building Cost Manual) 199

Appendix D Patient Care Considerations in the Construction Process / Steve Amsberry, DVM 249

Appendix E Outpatient and Inpatient Flow and Other Fine Details / Thom A. Haig, DVM 257

Appendix F Emergency and Specialty Facility Concerns / Thomas E. Catanzaro, DVM, MHA, FACHE 265.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-280) and index.

ISBN:

0813829224

OCLC:

51477967