Add-On Events

Transforming Outcomes: Integrating Lean and EBD to Maximize Results

9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.  

Before August 31: Member/Nonmember: $485 
Aug 1 and after: Member/Nonmember: $495 
This interactive workshop will illustrate how the design and implementation process can be informed, complemented, and enhanced by an Evidence-Based Design (EBD) process that uses research findings, data collection, and evaluation of results + a Lean methodology for problem solving and continuous improvement. EBD is the process of basing decisions about the built environment using credible research to achieve the best outcomes. Lean is a methodology that focuses on defining and maximizing value, eliminating waste, and continuous improvement.

To address today’s challenges, they need to go hand-in-hand. By integrating these value-based approaches during the planning, design, construction, and occupancy of a project, you can maximize project outcomes while improving performance. 

For the first half of the day, attendees will focus on how to apply research, including: 

• “Feeding the loop”
• Establishing a diverse interdisciplinary team to ideate and collaborate
• Developing a research topic
• Leveraging Lean methods (“go-to Gemba”) including root cause analysis and prioritization
• Finding and applying relevant and valid research

For the second half of the day, attendees will learn how to conduct evaluation/research, including:

• “Closing the loop"
• Testing, interpreting and evaluating results
• Leveraging Lean methods (including A3 problem-solving, paper dolls and set-based design)
• Conducting a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) or design research 
• Analyzing project metrics to identify its financial and quality benefits

At the end of the day, attendees will leave with resources that can be used to apply LEAN and the EBD process into your next project.

Learning Outcomes:

• Explore the added value of integrating an Evidence-Based Design (EBD) process and Lean methods to optimize health outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to incorporate both Lean and EBD during the various stages of design, construction, and post-occupancy.
• Gain an understanding of how to build a business case, link design to health outcomes, and measure and evaluate results.
• Review examples that illustrate how organizations have successfully integrated these processes to enhance the health, safety and welfare of the users and staff.

Certified Health Care Constructor (CHC) Exam Review

8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.  | 7 CECs

ASHE Member: $485.00
Nonmember: $605.00
Before attaining premier CHC status, you want to ensure that you are adequately prepared for the exam.

Designed to give you the tools you need to prepare for the Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC) Exam, this course provides test-taking tips, key topics, and sample questions identified in the CHC content outline (as listed in the CHC Candidate Handbook). This course will also use interactive polling technology, allowing each participant to answer questions and compare their answer with averages among those in class.

• Apply your knowledge and experience in answering application and analysis questions.
• Implement suggestions for preparing for the CHC exam.
• Identify the topic areas that are your strengths.
• Identify the topic areas in which you would benefit from further study.

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ASHE ICRA 2.0™ Training Program

8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.  | 7 CECs

ASHE Member: $635.00     
Nonmember: $755.00 
Health care facilities are meant to provide care and life-saving support to patients. Yet, the intersection of construction, renovation and maintenance (CRM) activities and health care can raise the risks of secondary infections at a rate of 5,000 deaths per year. It is critical that all parties involved in these activities not only know the risks but take comprehensive action to control infection spread.

By becoming a trainer for your facility, you will be able to:

• Expertly assess infection control risk in maintenance, renovation, and construction projects.
• Train members of your team to engage ASHE ICRA 2.0 through a mix of online modules and in-person training.
• Establish a communication plan among workers and staff to engage infection prevention practices to protect the community.
• Promote a culture of health and safety through ongoing training to protect occupants from secondary infections during their treatment and care.

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NEW! Troubleshooting Project Management Mishaps 

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 

ASHE Member: $275 
Nonmember: $375 
Any experienced project manager knows the truth in the adage, “The only project without problems is the one that’s never built.” But how many of those problems could be prevented with a better strategy or a different approach? In this session, attendees will learn to diagnose and prescribe better approaches to project management through a hands-on strategy session. Participants will work with peers to review the mistakes of past projects, pinpoint issues and share strategies to learn from and improve upon those missteps.

• Consider the eight project management phases and the common issues that occur in each.
• In groups, select and dissect a past project management mishap to identify the key variable that led to the challenge.
• Identify solutions and prescribe an action that the team should have taken.
• Bring back new ideas and resources to share with your own project teams. 

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ACHA Certification Prep Seminar

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.  

Member/Nonmember: FREE 
Are you interested in obtaining credentials showing your advanced competency and affiliation with the most experienced healthcare architects? This certification prep seminar will provide useful information to submit an application, gather a portfolio, and prepare for the ACHA exam. Seasoned ACHA-certified healthcare architects will cover application materials, exam topics, sample questions, scoring criteria, and exam schedules.  Advanced registration required.

• Understand the purpose and intent of the certification process for creating safe healing environments.
• Understand the complex Code and Jurisdictional requirements to meet the intent of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public and caregivers.
• Learn your strengths and weaknesses in healthcare design and delivery in which you will be tested.
• Understand the importance of this board-certified accreditations and the value that it brings to the Client and Community.

AIA/AAH Deep Dive

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 

Member/Nonmember: $75 
More information coming soon!

Embracing Interdependence – Unraveling the Complicated Application of Health Care Facility Regulations

1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.  

Member: $275.00 
Nonmember: $375.00 
In partnership with the AIA-AAH Codes and Standards Committee, this session will provide an overview to the regulations, codes and standards associated with health care facilities and how they apply to specific business models. Multiple occupancies located in the same facility, vertical openings, multiple licensed facilities located in the same building, and hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) are a few of the specific situations that will be discussed. The full spectrum of health care facility compliance from initial design, permitting and construction through continued occupancy, performance and compliance will be addressed.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss how regulations, codes and standards specific to health care design interdependently apply for each type of facility/business model
• Explore different design opportunities in the health care environment and how the applicable codes will affect that design.
• Gain insights on where and why specific regulations are applied, from design to construction to  survey.
• Discover some of the most commonly misunderstood code requirements in health care  facilities.
• Engage with some of the major differences between health care regulations, codes and standards and potential solutions for compliance.

Speakers:

• Tina Duncan, AIA, ACHA, CBO, Director of Code and Regulations, HKS, Inc.
• Henry Kosarzycki, AIA, Code Architect, Flad Architects
• Leah Hummel, AIA, CHFM, CHC, SASHE, Senior Associate Director of Regulatory Affairs, ASHE

AIA/AAH Facility Tour*

11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Additional fees are required to attend 
More details on location coming soon!

• 11:15 am bus available for pick up.
  • The tour buses will depart promptly at 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, 2024.
  • The tour will begin with an orientation at 12 p.m.
• Tour buses will depart the hospital around 2:45 p.m. and return at 3 p.m.
  • Please bring a lunch or snack to eat on the bus, food is not provided.

There is a limited capacity for this event. 

AIA/AAH & ASHE PDC Student Design Challenge™

3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. 

Member/Nonmember: FREE 
The PDC Student Challenge 2026 is an exciting annual event designed to stimulate critical inquiry, creative ideas and multi-disciplinary interaction between students and design professionals. It will highlight the brilliance and innovation of our future health care architects, engineers, construction managers and nurses. Students from five different universities and disciplines will bring their creativity and ideas to this fun and evocative design charrette.

During this time, students will present work completed during the three-day-long PDC Student Challenge 2025 for critique by a multi-disciplinary jury and the winning will be team announced.

• Learn about the student challenge goals and vision of this program.
• Review & discuss the programmatic, site and planning issues of the healthcare challenge.
• Explore the success that comes from multi-disciplinary & inter-professional collaboration between architects, engineers & contractors.
• Discuss highly successful student projects developed during a 48hr student charrette under the guidance of expert faculty & industry advisors.

AIA/Academy for Architecture for Health Update

Member/Nonmember: FREE 
Join colleagues and friends at the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health Update for an update on our strategic plan, as well as other programs and initiatives. Meet the Board and Student Design Challenge teams, network with new colleagues and catch up with those you already know. The update is open to all attendees and we encourage all to attend.

Experience the future of the health care physical environment at the Eaton Experience Center in Houston

9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Member: $485
Nonmember: $605
Don’t miss this hands-on training event designed to keep attendees plugged into the biggest trends in health care design and construction. This half-day, off-site workshop at Eaton’s Power Systems Experience Center will feature a panel of industry-leading subject matter experts to discuss how to leverage digital technologies to streamline efficiencies and improve design workflows and outcomes across the entire health care building life cycle, from design to operation. Advance your skills on essential electrical systems, hospital microgrids, electric vehicle charging infrastructure and patient care vicinity power protection with deep-dive continuing education classes that bring learners out of the classroom and into full-scale, live-application training environments. After lunch, you’ll tour this world-class facility with power management demonstrations ranging in scale from utility power systems down to the receptacle in your hospital.

Learning objectives:

• Explore the current and future state of planning, design and construction tools that will help streamline efficiencies across the health care building life cycle.
• Understand the components and functionality of essential electrical systems per NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code.
• Evaluate best practices for implementing hospital microgrids in critical environments through the examination of recent applications.
• Consider electric vehicle charging implementation at hospitals including location, electrical requirements, payment options and charging levels.

Choose two of the following four deep dive continuing education courses:

1. Building a resilient energy future with hospital microgrids 
   Learn how NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, defines hospital microgrids and what makes them unique. Then delve into the components, design considerations and operation of microgrids to understand their role in decentralized energy systems. The course covers key topics such as renewable energy integration, grid resilience, control strategies and economic considerations.
2. Essential electrical systems per NFPA 99 for hospitals 
   Understand essential electrical systems for hospitals per NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code. Then see how power flows into and through the hospital, from the utility or centralized energy plant down to wiring devices in patient rooms. Along the way, you will see how automatic transfer switches are used to separate power into three branches — life safety, equipment and critical.
3. Design considerations for EV charging in health care environments 
   From fleet to commercial charging, learn about the different types of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and how to plan, deploy and manage EV charging safely. Address best practices and design considerations for EV charging in the health care environment, including networking, payment options and load management.
4. Patient care power optimization 
   Explore a comprehensive solution designed to enhance power reliability, safety and compliance in critical health care environments. This course equips facility managers with the knowledge to ensure safe, compliant use of power protection in patient-care areas, in alignment with requirements from UL; NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code; and NFPA 70, National Electric Code. Attendees will learn how to implement power distribution strategies that enhance reliability, streamline compliance documentation and support clinical operations.