Senior living construction comes with unique challenges due to residents social, medical, and mobility needs. Generally, senior living projects include a higher ratio of amenities and accessory elements to living units which requires an expert focus on the overall utility of the facility as well as the details involved with accessibility, fire life safety, and aesthetics.
When the developers of the new Touchmark Retirement Facility in Bend, Oregon began, they scarcely knew what they were getting into. The Touchmark model required a movie theater, swimming pool, elevator, memory care wing, and more. The designers had no idea how that their design was going to fail to meet compliance codes, and cost serious delays and large amounts of money that the budget hadn’t counted on.
Ken Scott Consulting got involved
Once Ken Scott Consulting got involved, we very quickly provided an extensive assessment of the design challenges and compliance requirements that this complicated facility presented.
