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design based on 2D drawings. It is even more critical in case of a hospital project to make sure that the design facilitates the best flow for patients, doctors and nurses. At St. Jude Hospital Medical Plaza in Fullerton, CA, Vico recently engaged in pure systems design! Working directly with the McCarthy Builders, the Owner, the Architect, electrical sub, Stryker (the Operating Room lighting boom and monitor provider), as well as nurses, surgeons, and other hospital staff, we modeled Operating Rooms, X-ray rooms, nurses stations, offices, waiting rooms, etc. Vico did this in real-time with all the participants offering their suggestions. Just like an assembly line of systems and processes, we modeled the rooms to best represent the optimal flow of personnel, supplies, and patients. We called these User Meetings and are different from Coordination Meetings, but they helped the builders and subs see WHY certain elements/equipment needed to go in certain locations. The subcontractors wer