iPad Construction Work

THOMASVILLE, Ga. — At the construction site of a new $113 million, eight-story patient tower on the campus of the Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville. Ga., craftsmen and site supervisors were able to reference a virtual layout of the project from their Apple iPads.

 

The NoliWhite Group, a healthcare facility developer based in Brentwood, Tenn., launched the Project Information Integration, or PI2, initiative, earlier this year, which features the construction of a new patient tower. The task was made easier when, using a project document manager from Lellyett and Rogers Company of Nashville, the entire project development team was able to access project documents in real time on an iPad. 

 

“With everyone involved in the construction process having access to an iPad on site, we will ultimately eliminate the need to carry hundreds of sheets of drawings and thousands of pages of specifications,” says Mike Noli, partner with The NoliWhite Group, adding that the use of the iPad has thus far resulted in a printing costs savings of around $179,000, which is passed along to his clients.

 

Noli said workers on the projects also benefit from the use of iPad technology.

 

“The increased productivity level from our craftsmen and supervisors not having to carry around these massive documents alone makes this a worthwhile initiative,” Noli says.

 

Scheduled to open 2012, the 247,000-square-foot north tower will feature a larger emergency department with five exam rooms and two trauma rooms. Three floors of the tower will house 96 patient beds, and the hospital will add six ICU beds to the campus.