Planning and Managing New Construction Name: Subject: Date of Submission: Planning and Managing New Construction It is important for healthcare facilities to be constructed according to standards that meet all the requirements of a healthcare profession. It follows that people and companies constructing healthcare facilities must fulfill their responsibilities to the latter. An important task in the construction of a healthcare facility is facility management. What is facility management? Facility management could be elucidated as a profession encompassing multiple disciplines to ascertain the functionality of a construction environment by integrating places, processes, people, and technology. In order to manage the construction of a healthcare facility effectively steps such as the bidding process, contract administration, project monitoring, contract payment, and project closeout must be followed (Wiggins and Wiley, 2010). Therefore, the facility m