A Plus for Piedmont Students
The Director, April 2010

With its recently completed embalming lab renovation, Piedmont Technical College in Greenwood, South Carolina, now offers its funeral service students an advanced, state-of-the-art learning environment and provides continuing-education opportunities for area funeral professionals. Piedmont replaced an existing mock embalming lab with a fully operational and OSHA-compliant embalming room complete with an air-handling system. A classroom space was incorporated into the final plan, resulting in a 400-square-foot lab with custom cabinetry and a full complement of preparation room equipment.
Reprinted with permission from NFDA

View Complete Article

Is Your Funeral Home Protected From Your Preparation Room?
Mortuary Management, April 2010

You established your funeral home to serve your community. As an integral part of that mission, you built a preparation room within the building. Did you know, however, that an often overlooked element in construction can wreak havoc in your facility, exposing your staff and your families to dangerous health conditions and your business to costly liability suits?

View Complete Article

Safety Equipment in the Prep Room
American Funeral Director, December, 2008

Concern for the safety of our embalmers, our staff and our family is a recurring theme that has been echoed by our clients over the 15 years Duncan Stuart Todd, Ltd. has been designing and outfitting preparation rooms in funeral homes.

View Complete Article

You and Your Contractor – A Perfect Fit
American Funeral Director, July, 2007

Every day in your community, a general building contractor is heading out to a job, whether it be a commercial structure, a new residence or even a kitchen remodel. But not every day is that contractor’s truck en route to a funeral home project, and “therein lies the rub”, to borrow from Shakespeare.

View Complete Article

Thinking Inside the Prep Room (and outside the box)
American Funeral Director, September, 2006

One family gathered in the preparation room to say goodbye to a beloved son. One family visited a preparation room to put aside painful memories surrounding the loss of their mother.

View Complete Article

Inside the Preparation Room FAQ’s
American Funeral Director, September, 2005

When the telephone rings at Duncan Stuart Todd, Ltd., we can expect a funeral home owner, director or embalmer at the other end of the line.

View Complete Article

The Power of Design in the Prep Room
Alliance, June, 2005

You are planning a new preparation room and you are working with an architect and/or contractor. In the process, you may have assumed that if you install some equipment in the designated space for a prep room, everything will turn out all right.

View Complete Article

The Air You Breathe
American Funeral Director, August 2004

When he built a new prep room in 2003, Bob Skinner, funeral director in Cumberland, Wisconsin, could have been speaking for his colleagues throughout the industry when he told the firm of Duncan Stuart Todd, Ltd., "The bottom line is that the health and well being of my employees is of the utmost importance to me."

View Complete Article

The Art of Prep Room Design
American Funeral Director, September, 2003

Funeral home owners and directors face a challenge when it comes to building a new facility or renovating an existing structure. The challenge is how to incorporate the preparation room into the total project in a manner that is OSHA compliant, efficient and aesthetically pleasing.

View Complete Article