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Building Resilience in Healthcare

Keeping Hospitals Operational: System Reliability When It’s Needed Most

Hospitals require uninterrupted patient care, including a 24/7 flow of power, fresh air and water even in the event of an emergency. TLC engineers and tests critical MEP systems to withstand system outages from nearly every type of disaster.

The latest in many disasters we have mitigated—Hurricane Irma in 2017—is an example of building resiliency that is built into the healthcare systems we design. Irma’s path covered the state of Florida with varying levels of community impact, such as floods, loss of power and damage to buildings. Before and after the hurricane, our project managers were proactive in working with hospitals’ facilities staff to confirm the systems designed by TLC were operating as intended. Healthcare facilities engineered by TLC stayed open with zero loss of power with some facilities running on emergency or backup generators for as long as two weeks.

The latest in many disasters we have mitigated—Hurricane Irma in 2017—is an example of building resiliency that is built into the healthcare systems we design. Irma’s path covered the state of Florida with varying levels of community impact, such as floods, loss of power and damage to buildings. Before and after the hurricane, our project managers were proactive in working with hospitals’ facilities staff to confirm the systems designed by TLC were operating as intended. Healthcare facilities engineered by TLC stayed open with zero loss of power with some facilities running on emergency or backup generators for as long as two weeks.

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60% of Florida lost power—100% of Florida healthcare facilities engineered by TLC kept the lights on during Hurricane Irma. A total of 200+ facilities.

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What Our People Say

As a healthcare designer, I appreciate our focus and commitment to this industry as well as our depth of experience and resources.

Neal Boothe
Principal

Hospitals can be challenging buildings; working to find solutions that seek to improve the health and well-being of all those that work, visit and are cared for within a facility is most rewarding part of being a Healthcare Engineer.

Michael Steward
Principal