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To clarify a couple of items for Mr. Mayberry, the 40 psf floor loading called out on the room plans "meets minimum code" according to OSHPD but will have to be reinforced for heavier floor loading from medical equipment such as x-ray machines or even toilets in the patient rooms to something on the order of 100 psf or more according to info I received from OSHPD. And as to the modularity comment, yes, office buildings and schools are routinely built today with modular construction but not to hospital design margin standards (that are much higher than even schools) and have not been applied to hospitals for many years in this state. So the modular manufacturers I've spoken with have indicated that many such companies either went out of business in applying their technology to hospitals (too risky) or have simply not used the required tooling and manufacturing procedures required to meet the much higher hospital standards in many years, and so have sort of "lost the...
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