Hospitals and health care facilities today require sophisticated structural systems to address the needs of today’s patients and to provide the flexibility for future advances in care and technology. Structural steel framing systems provide a cost effective solution while maintaining maximum flexibility for future structural modifications.

We have prepared a list of resources arranged by topic to provide you with information for your project:

• Understanding Owner, Architect, and Engineer Concerns
• Faster Construction and Future Adaptability
• Architectural Challenges and High Rise Success!
• Form Follows Function at Mission Hospital Acute Care Tower
• Rapid Response
• Cardio Construction
• A World-Class Community Hospital for the American Military
• A New Future for Mental Heath Care
• Building Better
• Baycrest Center
• Planning to Grow
• Structural Steel Creates A Healing Environment
• Lowering Construction Costs with Decreased Construction Schedule
• Reducing Structure Weight and Foundation Requirements

 Key Resources

• Architects Guide to Structural Steel
• Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel
  
• AISC Design Guide 19: Fire Resistance of Structural Steel Framing - PDF File
• AISC Design Guide 11: Floor Vibrations Due to Human Activity - PDF File