FGI Appoints Tina Duncan to Board of Directors
ST. LOUIS – The Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tina Duncan, AIA, ACHA, CBO, to its Board of Directors. Tina is a principal at HKS, Inc., in Dallas and an expert in regulatory compliance for the design and construction of health care facilities.
A registered architect, Tina has more than 18 years of experience as a project architect and health care planner. She focuses on the technical aspects of health care design and has a keen understanding of how regulatory requirements affect the built environment. That basis of regulatory knowledge motivated her to transition her career to the complex field of health care building codes. At HKS, Tina provides firmwide technical and regulatory project review and leads educational seminars on the topic for the company. “Creating a safe, responsible environment for people to live and thrive involves a great deal of communication and collaboration,” she believes. “Understanding issues and providing solutions is paramount to achieving success.”
As an active member of the codes and standards community, Tina chairs the Codes and Standards Committee for the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) and the Dallas AIA Codes and Standards Council. She is a member of the International Code Council and National Fire Protection Association. Tina also is a certified building official and certified accessibility reviewer.
In 2018 Tina joined the 2022 FGI Health Guidelines Revision Committee as a representative of the AIA/AAH Codes and Standards Committee. She was a subject matter expert for the 2018 edition of the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Outpatient Facilities. Recently, Tina has been working with code officials in the State of Texas as they consider adopting the 2018 FGI Guidelines. As a member of the FGI Board of Directors, Tina aims to support the organization and looks forward to providing “clear, reliable, relevant, and consistent minimum standards in order to afford all people access to equal and essential care.”
“Tina’s broad knowledge of construction and health care design standards nicely complements FGI’s vision to be the leader guiding the development of the health care built environment,” says FGI CEO Douglas S. Erickson, FASHE, CHFM, HFDP, CHC. “We congratulate Tina on her accomplishments and are proud to welcome her to the FGI Board of Directors.”
About the Facility Guidelines Institute
Founded in 1998, the Facility Guidelines Institute is a not-for-profit corporation founded to provide leadership and continuity to the Guidelines for Design and Construction revision process. FGI coordinates development of the Guidelines documents using a multidisciplinary, consensus-based process and provides ancillary services that encourage and improve their application and use. FGI invests revenue derived from sales of the Guidelines in research, the activities of the next revision cycle, and publication of other materials.