What we build · Imaging
Shielding, Designed by a Physicist
Radiography, ultrasound and increasingly CT. Shielding is designed by a physicist and built to their specification.
The space, and which services the practice will offer now and later. Those two decide almost everything about the buildout.
Noise
The complaint that closes practices, and it is built in
Odour
Solved by air handling, never by cleaning harder
Services
Surgery, imaging and boarding each change the building
Licensed
General contractor, licensed in the state of Florida
Shielding is assumed rather than designed
Lead-lined board is ordered on a rule of thumb, or a room is assumed to need shielding on one wall and not the others. Shielding requirements depend on the equipment, its use, and what is on the other side of every surface including the floor and ceiling — and that is a physicist's calculation, not a builder's judgement.
What the design covers
- Every surface, including floor and ceiling where relevant.
- Doors, frames and any glazing, which need matching protection.
- Penetrations, which have to be shielded too.
- Structural capacity for the equipment weight.
- Power quality and dedicated supply.
How we handle it
- 01Build to the physicist's shielding design exactly.
- 02Shield doors, frames and every penetration.
- 03Verify structural capacity for the actual equipment.
- 04Coordinate with the equipment vendor throughout.
- 05Support any post-installation survey.
Shield the penetrations. A perfectly lined wall with an unshielded conduit or duct passing through it has a hole in it, and that is the detail most often missed because it is finished over before anybody looks.
Said plainly
Where we stop
We do not design shielding. That is a medical physicist's work, and we build to their specification rather than substituting a rule of thumb.
FAQ
Common questions
- Who designs the shielding?
- A physicist. It depends on the equipment and what is on the other side of every surface.
- Does the ceiling need shielding?
- Sometimes, depending on what is above. The physicist determines it.
- What is most often missed?
- Penetrations. A conduit through a lined wall is a hole in it.
- Does the floor need strengthening?
- For heavier equipment, verified against the actual weight.
What decides it
Noise
Noise reaches neighbors, exam rooms and the waiting area, and it is the issue most likely to become a genuine problem for a practice.
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Odour
A clinic that smells has an air handling problem. Staff cleaning harder does not fix a building that moves air the wrong way.
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Cleanability
Every clinical surface is disinfected daily with aggressive chemicals, and most commercial finishes do not survive that.
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The Lease
Not every commercial space can be a veterinary practice, and the constraints are established before signing or not at all.
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Planning for Growth
Practices add services — imaging, a second surgery, boarding, dental — and adding them into a finished clinic is expensive and disruptive.
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More what we build
Exam & Treatment
Exam rooms and the treatment area behind them. Ordinary-looking spaces with requirements that are anything but.
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Surgery
Surgery, prep and scrub. The requirement is a controlled environment in a building that is otherwise full of animals.
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Isolation
A room for contagious patients, which has to keep what is in it from reaching the rest of the building.
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Next step
Find out what is actually wrong with it.
An inspection, photographs of what we found, and a written scope. If the honest answer is that it can wait another season, that is the answer you will get.