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An Executive Essentials Book
You've decided to invest large amounts of time, money, and manpower in a facility expansion. Getting it done right the first time is critical, and your role is key. This book provides what executives need to know about launching, organizing, and implementing a capital project.
The book defines the key components of the project delivery process, the expected outcomes, and the risks involved. Special attention is given to the "project launch phase," the stage at which the project is defined. You will also learn what pitfalls to avoid and how to develop a complete and experienced delivery team.
John E. Kemper is the founding partner and chairman/CEO of KLMK Group, LLC, a leading national healthcare facilities consulting firm in Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Kemper has more than 33 years of experience in all aspects of facilities development, and for the past 12 years he has worked exclusively for healthcare providers across the United States as well as in other countries. Prior to founding KLMK Group, Mr. Kemper served as president and chief operating officer of the W.R. Adams Company, Inc., which was a leading national project-management firm. He has also worked for a large architectural and engineering firm and an international construction management company.
Mr. Kemper’s consulting work focuses on assisting healthcare organizations launch and manage capital facilities projects. In the past 10 years, he has been involved in projects that have a total value of more than $2 billion.
Mr. Kemper is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Urban Land Institute. He has been a presenter at the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association and for the graduate healthcare administration program at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia. Mr. Kemper earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Virginia Military Institute. He can be reached at jkemper@klmkgroup.com, and his firm’s web site is www.klmkgroup.com. |
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"A major expansion project may confront an executive maybe once or twice in his career. He needs a template in which to provide process and context in which to manage a project successfully. John Kemper's Launching a Healthcare Capital Project is that prerequisite which every executive should read before undertaking a project, both large or small. The book allows executives to map out a capital project with Kemper's guidance which was acquired from years of running and consulting on many health care capital projects."
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"In my case, I was afforded the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take a total hospital replacement project from start to finish. Having signed on to this challenge, I realized it would take additional expertise to pull it off successfully. We virtually followed the game plan enumerated in this book. The process works and whenever we attempted to second guess the process, Kemper would bring us back, resulting in a project that is on schedule and on budget. Proof that it works."
—Chester B. Kaletkowski, FACHE, President and CEO,
South Jersey Healthcare
Bridgeton, New Jersey
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"Kemper gives his readers a disciplined, structured and practical step by step process for facility planning. It establishes project planning as a discipline to be studied, learned and applied by anyone considering a capital project."
—Douglas McNeill, FACHE, President and CEO
Middletown Regional Health System
Middletown, Ohio
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"Kemper mentions the need for compatibility between the internal and external project teams. I thought this point was a "soft-sell" until our internal and external teams began working together-the personality conflicts can certainly have a major impact on the process of the project if they are not positive and productive. Kemper was right when he said good chemistry between the teams is extremely important. It's this kind of advice that makes Kemper's book invaluable to any healthcare executive who is in the launch stage of a capital project."
—Lyle E. Sheldon, FACHE, CEO
Upper Chesapeake Health System
Bel Air, Maryland
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"Launching a Healthcare Capital Project is a sound methodology for an often daunting process. The author's project delivery plan has helped our hospital take several major projects from strategic plan to successful conclusion. Kemper kept us on time and on budget."
—William H. Flannagan, Jr. FACHE, executive Vice President/COO
Potomac Hospital
Woodbridge, Virginia
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"Launching a Healthcare Capital Project by John Kemper is exactly what you would expect if you knew the author - practical, insightful and on point. I can think of no better starting point for an understanding of the process of healthcare capital projects than this book, and I recommend it to all participants in the healthcare project delivery world."
—Luther Cochrane, Chairman,
Bovis Lend Lease, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
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