Legal Resources
Good construction contracting practice in the healthcare world requires knowledge and application of construction law, the law of contracts, and healthcare-specific rules and regulations. Below are some resources to help subcontractors get a running start in this challenging area. — Presented by McLennon Law Corporation, counsel to the Construction Industry. Visit us at www.mclennonlaw.com.
Public Contracting Basics
• Nuts and Bolts of Preparing for Public Works Contracting
Healthcare Construction Rules and Regulations
• California Healthcare Construction Basics
What Is OSHPD and How Can I Work With Them?
The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) is one of 13 departments within the California Health and Human Services Agency. Please visit www.oshpd.ca.gov
OSHPD administers programs that endeavor to implement the vision of “Equitable Healthcare Accessibility for California:”
• Understanding the Hospital Planning, Design, and Construction Process
• Project Management, Design, and Construction of Buildings under OSHPD Jurisdiction
• Understanding the hospital construction oversight process
• OSHPD Inspectors of Record
• OSHPD Comment and Process Review: The Construction and Plan Review Dispute Resolution Process
• Download OSHPD video - Download transcript
How Do I Get Started?
Information for contractors and subcontractors about healthcare construction from Healthcare Construction Summits I and II
• Partnering with Subcontractors: Conference talking points by Mike McDonough
• Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Guide, American Institute of Architects
• Integrated Project Delivery – A Working Definition
A report on the recommendations of the Integrated Project Delivery Task Force Definitions Committee, representing architects, engineers, contractors, subcontractors, owners and attorneys, describes the key elements of an integrated process
Resources and Information from the Healthcare Summits
The following information was gathered from the Healthcare Summits conducted in May and September 2008.
• HCC Summit—Bracing
• HCC Summit—Drywall, Framing
• HCC Summit—Electrical
• HCC Summit—Fire Life Safety, Sprinklers
• HCC Summit—HVAC, Mechanical
• HCC Summit—Pipe Fitting, Plumbing, Med Gas
Information from the Technical Services Information Bureau
• Technical bulletin 10.110—Fireblocking
• Technical bulletin 20.100—Bracing Options for Non-Load-Bearing Partitions
• Technical bulletin 40.101—Installing Acoustical Lay-in Type Ceilings in Seismic Regions
• Technical bulletin 60.101—Cracks in Portland Cement Plaster (Stucco)
• Technical bulletin 60.120—Stucco vs. Acrylic Finish
• Technical bulletin 60.190—Calibration Box for Sand in Plaster Mixes
Healthcare Construction Contacts
• Division of Apprenticeship Standards
• Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development
• California Hospital Association
• PG&E Non Residential New Construction (NRNC) Rebate program
• PG&E Healthcare Segment Services and Popular Energy Efficiency (EE) Solutions
Architects and Engineers
• www.mazzetti.com
• www.kitchell.com
• www.weidnersignage.com
Attorneys
Consultants on OSHPD and DSA Division of State Architects
• http://www.kdiqa.com
Contractors
• www.huntconstructiongroup.com
• www.colincc.com
• Aire Sheet Metal Inc.: bob@airesm.com
• www.geneygassiot.com
• www.cornerstonecmsinc.com
I Need Training—Where Do I Go?
For programs that want the software to conduct specialized CAD training
Technical Sales International – www.technicalsalesinternational.com
Building Knowledge offers training courses on codes, OSHPD items and Inspector of Records exam preparation
www.IORED.com
We test and certify personnel in the Plumbing, Piping, HVACR and related industries
http://www.nationalitc.
com/
http://helmetstohardhats.org/
Healthcare Construction Contracting
• Best Practices in Healthcare Facility Construction
Contractors' Knowledge Depot
Visit the Contractors' Knowledge Depot's web site (http://www.kdiqa.com) to find out more on their newest products, which include:
• Division of Apprenticeship Standards "Finding and Getting Federal Projects" Multimedia CD-ROM Presentation
• Division of Apprenticeship Standards "Getting Final Payment: Strategies That Work" Multimedia CD-ROM Presentation
• Division of Apprenticeship Standards "Hold Harmless or Hold Harmful? Limiting Your Liability for Others' Mistakes" Multimedia CD-ROM Presentation
• Division of Apprenticeship Standards "Evaluating and Bidding Wrap-Up Projects" Multimedia CD-ROM Presentation
• Division of Apprenticeship Standards "Subcontractor's Operations Manual: Forms, Processes, and Techniques" book and CD-ROM
The Foundation of the American Subcontractors Assoc. Inc. (FASA)
A section 501(c)(3) organization under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, FASA is the educational arm of the American Subcontractors Association, Inc. (ASA). An independent entity devoted to quality educational information, the foundation provides financial support to develop manuals, videotapes, CD-ROMs, seminars, and other materials that promote business practices throughout the construction industry
Consensus DOCS — The New United Voice for Construction Contracts
What if Owners, Contractors, Subcontractors, Designers, and Sureties could all agree that a standard contract was fair to all parties? For the first time in the industry, 22 leading construction associations have united to publish a consensus set of contract documents called ConsensusDOCS. Upon ConsensusDOCS' release in 2007, AGC and COAA essentially folded their contract documents program into this consensus process.
http://www.consensusdocs.org
(item #CD206) ASA members receive a 20% discount on ConsensusDOCS
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