Engineers and Consultants
in Resource Management

HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Institutions of all types face many facility management challenges in
handling refuse, recycling, regulated medical waste, special wastes,
e-waste and more. The range of options in equipment, organization,
staffing, operations and management are broad. There is no standard
solution – but success can still be measured by service quality and cost.
Increasing quality and lowering costs are ongoing challenges that need to
be pursued with knowledge and confidence. RRSI provides comprehensive
resourcemanagement consulting and engineering services that have helped
all types of public agencies increase service quality and lower costs. RRSI
work products and technical assistance provide the key to success.

RRSI provides a comprehensive range of services to public, private and
non-profit University, Hospital and Corporate campuses, helping to reduce
waste handling costs and environmental impact, while establishing
“Best Practices” programming. Our team of engineers, planners, educators
and analysts specialize in customized turnkey services that include:

• Waste Handling Facilities Engineering and Management
• Materials and Waste Resource Management
• Solid Waste System Planning and Development
• Operations Management Consulting
• Training and SOP Development

Henry Ford Hospital Material Handling and Management

Following the closure of its on-site incinerator, Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan needed a way to
track changes in waste handling procedures. RRSI developed a data tracking system to evaluate monthly
costs and volumes of the broad range of waste streams handled at this 900-bed medical facility, including
confidential documents, solid waste, regulated medical waste, paper recycling, and a variety of special
waste items. By establishing benchmarks including recovery targets, monthly averages and material
capture rates, RRSI has been able to help this large, urban hospital track progress, and plan material
handling changes where needed. RRSI developed an Access database for recording and quantifying
monthly invoices, while also implementing an internal system for day-to-day management of collection
systems. This includes weighing and logging collection containers and capturing data for database
compilation.