The design team for the Tradition Medical Center in Tradition, Fla., was committed to the philosophy, “start smart, design smart, build smart,” according to an article on the Medical Construction & Design website.

Martin Health System (MHS), the facility's owner, fostered an integrated team approach . Rather than conducting separate interviews with architect and construction manager candidates, MHS held collaborative half-day workshops to see how the architects and construction managers worked together. 

MHS purchased a house adjacent to the health system’s main medical campus for the design and construction team to use. 

Lean design and project management techniques helped the team meet its goals. To hit the target date for opening the hospital, all key stakeholders were involved in flexible scheduling sessions that used pull planning, a system of working backwards from critical end dates to establish a final schedule, the article said.

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