Health Facilities Engineering

Providing partners assistance with master planning, design, construction and project management

ANTHC’s Division of Environmental Health & Engineering (DEHE) Statewide Health Facilities Engineering (HFE) program is a multidiscipline group of engineers and architects specializing in the maintenance and improvement of statewide Tribal health facilities. HFE Administers, under compact for the Alaska Area, the IHS Maintenance & Improvement program.

The HFE program coordinates with the Alaska Area Indian Health Service (IHS) and advocates for Alaska Native and Tribal hospitals, regional clinics and small, village-based clinics. The program also facilitates IHS energy audits, Green Initiative projects, Small Ambulatory Program, JVCP, NEF, Tribal Equipment programs and other IHS funding programs.

ANTHC/DEHE provides our tribal partners assistance with master planning, design, construction and project management. In addition, the program troubleshoots and identifies deficiencies within buildings and infrastructure. The HFE program also provides general oversight of projects funded through the Maintenance & Improvement Resource Allocation Committee (MIRAC) competitive project pool.

Additional services provided by the HFE program include:

• Coordinating and advocating on health care facility related grants
• Procurement assistance with managing grants
• Energy efficiency evaluations
• Code and condition surveys, including federally required surveys
• Procurement assistance with consultants, contractors and vendors
• Assistance in maintaining facility accreditation

MIRAC Supporting Documents:
MIRAC Charter