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• Building Information Models (BIM) presentation - John Mitchell, FBE At the May HCAMC in Sydney, John Mitchell spoke to the gathered health capital managers on the latest developments in Building Information Models (BIM) and their application to health capital projects. BIM offers the opportunity for true integration of design and construction documentation with the added benefit of producing models that can be used for ongoing facility management purposes. Click here for the Other Events page to view presentations.

• Special Water Issue - Protecting Our Most Precious Resource - Uniken, UNSW, May-June 2008 (Issue 46)
  In this special water issue of Uniken, Dr Keiko Hirota is interviewed on how a hospital's facility management strategies can impact on water use issues (p.11). Also featured is the amazing work by UNSW researchers covering areas as varied as water recycling, beach erosion, bottled water consumption and groundwater subsidence. Click here to read Uniken.

• Useful list of references
  CHAA has developed a list of useful references that impact on guideline development and health facility design. The list can be found under Resources, Links & References, Information. Click here to view.

• HPU Operating Unit - Design Issues Workshop
  Held April 21, 2008 in Adelaide, SA, this workshop was the first in a series aimed at sharing research and receiving feedback from clinicians, managers and designers regarding latest trends in clinical practice, technologies and design that should be considered in updating the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines. Click here for the outcomes paper & presentations.

• The Australasian Health Facility Guidelines (v2.0)
  The Guidelines have been revised and the new version published December 2007. The Guidelines have been implemented with revisions in a number of areas - visit the site to see for yourself or click here to read an overview of the updates.

CHAA are best known for our work on the Health Facility Guidelines, but there's a lot more work that goes on behind the scenes. Using our website you can review our areas of research interest, find useful resources and references, download papers and presentations, read our newsletter and even register for notification of upcoming events in your area.

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