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Owner's Design Guidelines

What Are the Owner's Design Guidelines?

Administration Building

Master Construction Specifications, Design Guideline Elements and various other Supplemental Resources such as CAD standards, installation details, referenced standards, etc. are all combined under the heading of the Owner's Design Guidelines.

They are to be used in the development of Contract Documents for all
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center design and construction Projects.


These guidelines have been developed as a collaborative cross-divisional effort through coordination with various M. D. Anderson personnel and outside consultants to identify preferred methods and materials of construction. The documents are continually evaluated and modified as required to insure they evolve to be an indispensable set of tools that will help us all provide this Institution with the quality facilities that are desired, required and deserved.

All facilities staff, consultants and contractors are encouraged to participate in the ongoing development of these guidelines by communicating any concerns, suggestions or questions. The form below has been provided to allow formal consideration and processing of any input you may have. Please download, complete and forward the following MS Word document form by email, fax, interoffice mail or hand deliver to the number/address provided.

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Announcements

Latest Major Revisions

October 22, 2009: CSI Division 26 – Electrical:
Added new Section 26 25 13 - Low Voltage Busways.

September 10, 2009: CSI Division 22 – Plumbing:
Section 22 60 00 – Medical Vacuum and Gas Piping & Section 22 60 53 – Laboratory Vacuum and Gas Piping – Added "Hot-Tapping" procedure.

October 22, 2009: Element B3010 – Roof Covering and Support Structures:
Removed Johns Manville from list of acceptable roofing product manufacturers.

October 15, 2009: Posted new Sitework Design Guideline Element G2048 – Flagpoles.

August 06, 2009: Electrical Design Guideline Element D5090 – Other Electrical Systems:
Added verbiage to identify lab systems that need to be fed from emergency power, and defined demand factors of emergency power for various systems in sizing generators.

October 15, 2009: Added various Electrical Installation Details.

August 06, 2009: Added Off–Campus Leased Space interior finishes color boards.