Selection/Rejection

Alternate Solution 1

Alternate solution 1 is a square design which includes all of the necessary room prerequisites determined in the specifications. These rooms are waiting room, reception area, offices, biohazard waste disposal, staff area, employee bathroom, file storage, radiology, radiology reading room, trauma unit, patient rooms, patient bathrooms, and a conference room. Alternate solution 1 was designed with many factors in mind; space efficiency, ease of entrance into the trama center, and patient safety. The three hallway system branching off of the waiting room, allows for space efficiency. Because there are only three main hallways, it allows for more space to be used for the specific rooms. The trauma unit is located on the backside of the building, which allows for direct access for patients in need. When an ambulance arrives, they will be able to drive up via the rear access route, and bring patients directly to the trauma room. The left hand side of the EMC is dedicated to employee space, which includes file storage, breakroom, bathroom, office space, and biohazard waste removal. This area is kept seperate from the rest of the building to eliminate confusion for the patients, and to allow employees to have a secure work area. The patient rooms are located in a block on the right side of the building with hallway acces on the the exterior of the block of rooms. This area also includes the patient bathrooms and conference room.

Pros:
There are several pros that alternate solution 1 offers. This solution has a highly accesible trauma unit, localized patient and employee space, is space efficient, and meets the list of specifications.

Cons:
The hallway system is very difficult to manuver threw the building. To acces the employee space you must travel threw the reception only, and to go from patient room 1 to patient room 6 you must walk around the entire block of rooms. This will make flow and manuvering throughout the building difficult for doctors and staff.

Alternate Solution 2Alternate solution 2 is a T- shape design. This design also encompasses all of the room requirements which include waiting room, reception area, offices, biohazard waste disposal, staff area, employee bathroom, file storage, radiology, radiology reading room, trauma unit, patient rooms, patient bathrooms, and a conference room. This solution was designed with the idea that employee space and patient space should be completely seperate, but easily moved between. The dividing line between employee space and patient space is the double hallway with a divider located at the center of the facility. The right hallway leads to the exam rooms, trauma unit, lab space, and radiology. This single hallway for patient rooms and single hallway for employee rooms system allows for ease of mobility throughout the facility. The trauma center also has direct access to the back of the building, which creates a direct route for the ambulances to use.

Cons:
The double hallway design is not the most efficient design. It takes up a larg amount of space.

Pros:
Some of the pros of this design are the easy mobility of the layout, the localized employee and patient space, and the specifications that are met

Alternate Solution 3
Alternate solution 3 is a rectuangular shaped deisign with a central area as the main hallway, which all of the rooms branch off of. Off of this main hallway are the offices, storage, waiting and reception, radiology, conference room, trauma cener, exam rooms, and bathrooms. The trauma center is located on the right side of the building which allows direct access from the out side street. The exam rooms are all located on the back end of the building in a row.

Pros:
This design offers an extremely simple floor plan which limits wasted hallway area, and creates a centralized location for all in the EMC

Cons:
This design give access to patients to the spaces that should be just employee space.


Specification Gred

Final Solution
The final solution is a revised version of alternate solution 2. This solution incorporates many of the features from solution 2. The left portion of the building is devoted to employee space, which is blocked off to the general public. This area includes staff area, employee bathroom, conference room, offices The right hand side of the building is the patient treatment area. This area includes the trauma center, the lab, radiology, storage, 6 examination rooms, and patient bathrooms. There are 4 exits, 2 emergency exits, 1 main entrance, and the trauma center entrance.