By Healthcare Facilities Today

The first full-service hospital in Temecula, Calif., has opened  to serve the community of more than 100,000 residents with all-private patient rooms, emergency services, outpatient and inpatient surgical services, acute care inpatient services, intensive care, radiology, imaging, laboratory and other outpatient services.

The long-awaited $150 million greenfield hospital was designed by Los Angeles-headquartered HMC Architects using Lean principles, according to an article on the Healthcare Construction + Operations website.

Lean principles allow the owner, architect and contractor to participate in the design and decision-making process from the onset of the project. The project also used an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) for further collaboration.

“It has been documented that there is considerable waste in the construction industry,” said George Vangelatos, principal with HMC. “When Lean measures are coupled with IPD and applied to health care construction, the process can yield greater customer value while eliminating waste and it begins with the right team thinking about the project and not their own needs.”

"The project started with Universal Health Services, HMC and a joint venture between DPR Construction and Turner Construction. We then evaluated other team members to determine who would best fit in to the project’s Lean approach. This allowed the team to openly discuss the best method for getting something done and decisions were made to benefit the project rather than individual firms,” said Steven Wilson, principal with HMC. 

Read the article.