Pelican training helps contractors, facilities teams, and remediation crews get ICRA right.
consulting built on 25+ years of real healthcare construction experience.
The Problem We Solve:
Every construction, renovation, or maintenance activity inside an occupied healthcare facility carries infection risk to patients, staff, and visitors. Joint Commission, CMS, and state health departments all expect a documented Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) before work begins and, most importantly, the crew on-site has to execute it, not just have it on paper.
Most contractors have never worked through containment, negative air, or the ICRA matrix in detail. Most facilities teams are stretched too thin to police every vendor on every project. That gap is where infections happen, projects stall, and citations get written.
Meet Your Consultant
Rob Mulford has spent over 25 years in construction and remediation, with a specialty in hospitals and healthcare environments. He currently serves as VP & Director of Safety for a general construction company, and works as an Infection Prevention Consultant alongside that role.
Rob holds:
OSHA 500 – Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry
OSHA 510 – Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry
CCHM – Certified Healthcare Manager
CCHR-E – Certified Healthcare Remediator Educator
CMIP – Certification of Mastery in Infection Prevention (AHE)
He's active in the field beyond individual projects, too — serving as the 2026 BAPIC (Bay Area Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology) Education Committee Chairman, and holding memberships with ABC (Associated Builders and Contractors) and APIC (Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology).
Rob consults from experience — not theory. He's the one who's had to make containment work on a live hospital floor, not just describe it in a report.
Consulting Services
Healthcare Construction Compliance Services
ICRA & ILSM Compliance Oversight
Every active healthcare construction project carries infection control and life safety risk that can shut work down without warning. We provide on-site ICRA (Infection Control Risk Assessment) and ILSM (Interim Life Safety Measures) oversight throughout your project — from initial risk assessment and documentation through ongoing site audits that verify barrier integrity, negative air pressure, dust containment, and code adherence at every phase.
Backed by ASHE Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC) credentialing, hands-on ICRA and infection prevention experience, and OSHA safety expertise — we catch violations before they become stop-work orders or survey findings.
• ICRA matrix development & documentation
• ILSM plan development and ongoing verification
• Periodic site audits during active construction
• Joint Commission survey readiness support
Pre-Construction Healthcare Risk & Compliance Readiness Review
Before ground breaks, we review your project's design and phasing plan against ICRA requirements, Joint Commission Life Safety Code, OSHA site safety standards, and interim life safety measures — identifying gaps that could delay permitting, trigger survey findings, or halt construction mid-project.
The result: a formal readiness report your team can hand directly to your AHJ, infection control committee, or accreditation body — with confidence the project is built to pass.
• Pre-construction compliance audit
• ICRA/ILSM readiness documentation
• Risk mitigation recommendations before mobilization
• Seamless transition into ongoing on-site oversight
Pair both services for full project-lifecycle protection: readiness review before construction, oversight through completion.
Consulting Services:
ICRA risk classification and documentation for active or upcoming projects
Pre-survey readiness review ahead of Joint Commission, state, or CMS visits
On-site containment audits during multi-phase construction
Guidance for facilities and infection prevention staff on monitoring active work zones
Who We Work With
General contractors and subcontractors working in hospitals and healthcare facilities
Restoration and remediation companies
Hospital facilities and maintenance departments
Infection prevention teams preparing for survey or managing active construction
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. Even minor activity requires a documented risk assessment, though the containment measures may be minimal.
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Ultimately the facility, but the contractor's crew has to execute the containment correctly. That's where consulting support makes the difference.
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Yes. Rob can step in mid-project to review documentation, audit containment, or get a stalled project back on track ahead of an inspection.