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Which Standard applies to a hospital?

Tawny Correa
Tawny Correa
June 6, 2014

I use the Office Standard for medical office buildings.
Which Standard should I use for a large general hospital? I assume it's considered 1 tenant so possibly Gross Areas only?

Adam Fingret
Extreme Measures Inc.
June 11, 2014

Hi Tawny,

The Gross Areas Standard is a good way to understand the overall size of the building, but will not help to breakout individual spaces. We have used the office standard for hospitals before, in lieu of a better alternative, but obviously, this is an adaptation. The office standard is not designed for institutional medical facilities.

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