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Archive >  Surgical Construction 2009

Surviving a Renovation Project

Architects offer tips on planning and conducting improvements.

David Bernard, Senior Associate Editor

So you've been charged with renovating or expanding a surgical facility that has run out of bays and beds and outlived its usefulness. There's a lot of dust and dirt in your future, but to help you keep the delays and disruptions to a minimum, we asked a few architects to tell us how to get the best results from your project.

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