Let me start with a disclaimer. I can't draw a stick man (so I am not an architect), never built a birdhouse that stayed together more than one season (not a builder), nor have I ever been able to put the toaster back together (no equipment consultant here). I'm the "dummy" here. But in my 27 years in the outpatient surgery industry, I've been involved in the planning, design and construction of more than 100 surgery centers. Along the way I have picked up a few concepts I thought may be helpful to those of you crazy enough to be embarking on the all-too-fun process of developing your very own surgery center.