2022 FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction Now Available

The Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) announces publication of the 2022 Guidelines for Design and Construction documents and the simultaneous launch of our new dedicated e-commerce site and digital licensing platform.

The 2022 Guidelines offers minimum design requirements for an expanded array of facility types, including behavioral health crisis units and burn trauma units, as well as guidance for environments where behavioral and mental health care and palliative care are offered. Updates to many requirements support flexibility in design and respond to changes in clinical practice as well as current construction and equipment options. Care organizations and design firms use the Guidelines to develop new construction and major renovation projects, and many state and federal authorities having jurisdiction use the documents to review these projects.

The 2022 Guidelines digital licenses and paperback books can be purchased at https://shop.fgiguidelines.org/. “The new FGI e-commerce site delivers a user-friendly checkout process for paperbacks and digital products,” says Chief Executive Officer Douglas S. Erickson. “We’re especially pleased to provide a new digital platform, which features a suite of functional tools sure to increase Guidelines users’ productivity.”

Subscribers to the digital licenses will be able to highlight Guidelines text, create notes on the content, bookmark frequently used sections, and locate errata, formal interpretations, and application guidance at the associated sections. Cross-references to other sections in the same document are linked.

Both single- and multiple-user licenses are available, depending on the level of access needed. Single-user licenses are a cost-effective option for a small architecture practice, outpatient facility, or residential care facility. For larger organizations, multiple-user licenses can be an effective way to provide access to the Guidelines for different user groups. For example, a hospital system with multiple locations can create one licensed account and designate the number of simultaneous users who can access the Guidelines in each facility. As another example, an organization such as a large design firm could assign access to multiple users by establishing project groups.

Put simply, a multiple-user license can give organizations the ability to provide access to as many employees as they wish; the cost is determined by how many employees need to view Guidelines content at the same time. Bundling discounts for multiple-user licenses and paperback purchases are automatically applied in the cart.

Subscribers to the 2018 edition and previous editions of the Guidelines documents will be able to renew their subscriptions on MADCAD through June 30, 2022. MADCAD will continue servicing subscriptions through June 30, 2023. Digital versions of the 2018 and 2014 Guidelines documents will be available for purchase on the FGI e-commerce site beginning July 1, 2022. Paperback copies of the 2014 and 2018 editions can be ordered through MADCAD until June 30, 2022, and after that through the FGI e-commerce site.

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About the Facility Guidelines Institute

Founded in 1998, the Facility Guidelines Institute is a not-for-profit corporation that provides leadership and continuity to the Guidelines revision process. FGI functions as the coordinating entity for development of the Guidelines series of documents using an interdisciplinary, consensus-based process and for provision of ancillary services and publications that encourage and improve application and use of the documents. FGI invests revenue derived from sales of the Guidelines to fund research and the activities of the next revision cycle.

About the FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction Documents

The FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction documents are updated every four years to keep pace with new concepts, capabilities, and technologies in the delivery of health and residential care. The Guidelines documents are used by states to regulate health and residential care facility design and construction through adoption of the Guidelines as code and use of the Guidelines as a basis for state-written codes, an adjunct to state codes, or for reference.