Name

James M. Hunt AIA

Title

Bahavioral Health Care Consultant - Project Architect

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 1969

Professional Experience

2007-Present Project Manger - Schwerdt Design Group, Inc.
2001-2007 President - Facility Services, inc.
1981-2001 Director of Facilities Management, The Menninger Clinic
1976-1981 Project Architect - Kiene & Bradley Partnership
1969-1976 Architect - Several architectural firms

Credentials

Professional Architect - Kansas
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards certificate holder

Professional/Other Activities

American Institute of Architects
International Facility Management Association (IFMA)
IFMA Health Care Council – founder & past president
Topeka Facility Managers’ Association – founder & past president
Guest lecturer - Kansas State University College of Architecture and Design
Speaker at IFMA’s World Workplace, New Orleans, LA 2007

Publications

“Design Guide for the Built Environment of Behavioral Healthcare Units” published on web-site of the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
"Suicide Prevention and the Patient Room" Joint Commission's Enviornment of Care News
"Common Mistakes in Designing Psychatric Facilites" The American Institue of Architect, Academy non Architecture for Health, Online Journal, October 2009
"Following the Evidence Toward Better Design" Behavorial Healthcare magazine, July-August 2009
“Designing for Behavioral Health Facilities” FacilityCare magazine
"Fiscal Finesse" Facilities Design and Management magazine “The Role of Facility Management in Psychiatric Hospitals” published in Psychiatric Hospital magazine, Journal of the National Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals

Background

Mr. Hunt has had a broad range of experience in all phases of psychiatric hospital project development and execution from the roles of design professional, owner’s perspective and contractor.

Psychiatric Facility Consulting
Mr. Hunt has been consulted on the programming, design and patient safety evaluations of both freestanding psychiatric hospitals and behavioral health units in general hospitals in the following states:

• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Florida
• Georgia
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Maryland
• Missouri
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• Pennsylvania
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Washington