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Luckett & Farley is a leader in the design of healthcare facilities nationwide. Our Healthcare Design Team provides master planning and design services for renovations, expansions, additions and new construction of Hospitals, Emergency Departments, Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Medical Office Buildings, Health Centers and other medical facilities.
Our team is experienced working with doctors and administrators on every level throughout a healthcare organization. We stay informed of new breakthroughs in healthcare delivery methods, and design facilities that will meet current and future needs. We understand the LEAN process of design for healthcare, maximizing patient satisfaction and eliminating inefficiency in the patient care process. We also provide Evidence-Based Design for healthcare facilities, utilizing strategies proven effective.
Luckett & Farley developed a comprehensive program for the School of Dentistry Renewal Master Plan. This program is a $43 million renovation of the 34-year-old, 200,000sf teaching, clinical and research facility, located on the Health Sciences Campus. The newly modernized facility will educate and train dental students on the latest clinical procedures. Some of the [more...]
Luckett & Farley provided full-service architectural, engineering and interior design services for the development of construction documents and for construction administration for an entirely new campus for Home of the Innocents. The conceptual design was provided by another consultant. This project is an entirely new campus for the Home. Phase I of this project included [more...]
1st Floor The first floor serves as the main point of entry to the Brown Cancer Center. The renovation of the first floor includes the following program areas: Breast Care Screening & Diagnostic Services Mint Jubilee Cancer Awareness Dental Oncology Prior to the beginning of the design process, patients were consulted to understand their idea [more...]
Luckett & Farley provided design services for the new 52-bed healthcare center that replaces the existing hospital and its components. The new facility features geothermal heating and cooling, design by Luckett & Farley. The former facility needed to be upgraded to elevate the quality of life in Flemingsburg as well as support the growth of [more...]
In my last entry, “Preparing Your Facility for a Joint Commission Review,” we discussed what the Joint Commission is, what it does, and laid the groundwork for a Joint Commission review. This entry looks at the review process a little further, focusing on the role of the Life Safety Specialist. The Life Safety Specialist: dotting [more...]
It’s a normal day at your healthcare facility—doctors and nurses are buzzing about tending to patients, clerks are pulling files and directing visitors. Then, an official looking group of people step onto the premises—a Joint Commission survey team. Is your facility prepared? While at the Kentucky Healthcare Coalition Conference last month, I had the opportunity [more...]
A quick follow-up on my last blog post with a real life example that happened this week: I am currently working on business occupancy office renovation project for one of our healthcare clients. My mechanical engineers are running load calculations for the required heating and air conditioning load. Two key pieces of information needed for this [more...]
Any hospital facility director will tell you that in this economy, all on-going and future projects need to be completed at lower costs. Here are a few ways that Luckett & Farley [smart design] works to do just that. Pre-Design Field Investigation The average life cycle cost of a project will be a minimum nine times [more...]
With the growing popularity of the green movement, the drive to cut back and conserve is quickly spreading to other areas of life and fields of industry. One method of doing more with less is called lean manufacturing, lean production, or simply lean. It’s a process that originated in Japan’s Toyota Processing System and is [more...]
The area of pervious pavement under construction at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry The University of Louisville School of Dentistry renovation features new pervious pavement, one of the largest applications in the region. Luckett & Farley, Architects and Engineers is responsible for the facility’s current renovation. Traditional asphalt pavement was replaced with pervious [more...]
Evidence-based design has been sweeping the design industry on a global level. It has become a heavily used tag line for many professionals, in an effort to increase their credibility with clients and gain new business; but what is evidence-based design? Evidence-based design in a nutshell The Center for Health Design defines Evidence-based design (EBD) [more...]
While yesterday’s healthcare facilities were designed to protect the health of America, in many ways it has done just the opposite. Thinking green can help turn it down the road to recovery. To begin the healing process there must be development and incorporation of sustainable design initiatives, implemention of building construction standards, and an establishment [more...]
