Welcome to Building Design+Construction’s 2024 Healthcare Annual Report. This 66-page special report is our first-ever “state of the state” update on the $65 billion healthcare construction sector.
The the report, which is available both as a free digital magazine and a free PDF download (short registration is required for both), the editors:
- highlight our top-10 trends in three key healthcare subsectors (hospitals, outpatient facilities, and behavioral health centers)
- present the findings of our exclusive outpatient facility survey
- provide a 2024-2025 outlook for the healthcare construction sector
- offer a roundup of market innovations for 2024, and
- outline innovations and trends related to products, materials, assemblies, and building systems for the healthcare building sector in an AIA-accredited course.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
MEET THE EXPERTS
Page 4
The BD+C editors connected with nearly 160 healthcare market firms and organizations for this report. Meet our contributors and sponsors.
SECTION 1 - 2024-25 HEALTHCARE CONSTRUCTION OUTLOOK
Page 6
Tracking the current and future states of the $65 billion healthcare market: hospitals, outpatient facilities, specialty medical buildings, and medical office buildings.
SECTION 2 - HEALTHCARE SUBSECTOR TRENDS
Page 14
Top 10 Trends in the Hospital Facilities Market
Raising the experience bar for patients, families, and staff is the focus of newer projects.
Page 26
Top 10 Trends in the Outpatient Facilities
Market Hospital systems and healthcare investors are reaching out with auxiliary medical facilities to capture patient market share.
Page 33
Top 10 Trends in the Behavioral Facilities Market
As accessibility and acceptance improve, the emphasis on crafting meaningful behavioral health spaces is becoming a higher priority for many in the AEC industry.
SECTION 3 - EXCLUSIVE RESEARCH
Page 40
MOB/Outpatient Facilities: Healthcare’s New Frontier
More than 130 healthcare experts share their thoughts on trends, innovations, and opportunities in the $18.3 billion outpatient facilities market.
SECTION 4 - INNOVATIONS ROUNDUP
Page 44
2024: A Year of Innovation in the Healthcare Market
We present a roundup of our favorite healthcare market innovations for 2024.
SECTION 5 - AIA CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE
Page 57
With Intention and Innovation, Building Teams Boost Healthcare Efficacy
This AIA-accredited course worth 1.0 AIA HSW covers innovations and trends related to products, materials, assemblies, and building systems for the U.S. healthcare building sector.
MEET THE CONTRIBUTING FIRMS
The BD+C editors connected with nearly 160 healthcare market firms and organizations for this special report. Big thanks to the following firms.
A3C Collaborative Architecture
AdventHealth
AE Works
Affiliated Engineers
AIA Academy of Architecture for Health
American College of Healthcare Architects
Anderson Mikos Architects
Ankura
App Architecture
Architectural Nexus
Association of Medical Facility Professionals
Ballinger
Banner Healthcare
Barton Malow
Beck Group, The
Blair, Mui + Dowd Architects
Blitch Knevel Architects
Boldt
BSA LifeStructures
Burns & McDonnell
Buro Happold
BWBR
CannonDesign
Champlin Architecture
Chuck Cole Architects
City of Hope
Clune Construction
CMTA
CO Architects
Colimore Architects
ConstructConnect
Corgan
Cromwell Architects Engineers
Cushing Terrell
Design Strategies LLC
DesignGroup
DLR Group
Dodge Construction Network
Doster Construction
DPR Construction
DS Architecture
E4H Environments for Health Architecture
EAPC Architecture + Engineering
El Dorado
EMC Engineers
ESA Design
EW Howell
EwingCole
FCA
Findorff
Flad Architects
FMI
Froedtert Health
GBBN Architects
Gensler
GH2 Architects
Gilbane Building Company
Goodwyn Mills Cawood
Gordian
Gresham Smith
Guidon Design
Hales Architecture + Planning
Harrell Architects
HASKELL
HDR
HED
Henderson Engineers
HFA
HGA
Highland Associates
Hill International
HITT Contracting
HKS
HMC Architects
Hoefer Welker
HOK
Holland Basham Architects
Hord Coplan Macht
IDS Group
IKM Architecture
IMEG Corp.
Jacobs
JE Dunn Construction
Jhi Healthcare Design
JLL
JPT Architects
JumpGarden Consulting LLC
Kirksey Architecture
LeChase Construction
Lendlease
LEO A DALY
LF Driscoll
Little Diversified Architectural Consulting
LPA Design Studios
LS3P
Marmon Mok Architecture
May Architecture
McCarthy Building Co.
McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture
Meadows & Ohly
Medica Development
Medicus Development Partners
Messer Construction
Methodist Richardson Hospital
Miron Construction
MODLOGIQ
Moody’s Analytics
Mortenson Construction
Mount Sinai Medical Center Miami Beach
NBBJ
NELSON Worldwide
Office of Charles F. Bloszies FAIA
Orcutt|Winslow
P2S Inc.
Page
PCL Construction
Pepper Construction
Perkins Eastman
Perkins&Will
PF+A Design
PhiloWilke Partnership
Pings & Associates
PKA Architects
PMBA Architects
Posen Architects
Project Management Advisors
Pulse Design Group
RDG Planning & Design
REES
RG Construction
Robins & Morton
Rogers O’Brien Construction
Ryan Companies
Ryan Design Group
S/L/A/M Collaborative, The
Skanska USA
Smith Seckman Reid
SmithGroup
SSOE Group
Stantec
Studio+
Suffolk
Svigals + Partners
Swinerton
Tangram Interiors
Taylor Design
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
TM Partners
Treanor
Trivers
Turner & Townsend
Turner Construction Co.
University of Iowa Health Care
Vaughn Construction
Vintage Archonics
Warfel Construction
Wellogy Design
Werfel, Lopinto & Associates Architects
WSP
ZGF Architects
Related Stories
Healthcare Facilities | Jan 7, 2024
Two new projects could be economic catalysts for a central New Jersey city
A Cancer Center and Innovation district are under construction and expected to start opening in 2025 in New Brunswick.
Designers | Jan 3, 2024
Designing better built environments for a neurodiverse world
For most of human history, design has mostly considered “typical users” who are fully able-bodied without clinical or emotional disabilities. The problem with this approach is that it offers a limited perspective on how space can positively or negatively influence someone based on their physical, mental, and sensory abilities.
Healthcare Facilities | Dec 19, 2023
A new hospital in Duluth, Minn., is now the region’s largest healthcare facility
In Duluth, Minn., the new St. Mary’s Medical Center, designed by EwingCole, is now the largest healthcare facility in the region. The hospital consolidates Essentia Health’s healthcare services under one roof. At about 1 million sf spanning two city blocks, St. Mary’s overlooks Lake Superior, providing views on almost every floor of the world’s largest freshwater lake.
Healthcare Facilities | Dec 7, 2023
New $650 million Baptist Health Care complex opens in Pensacola
Baptist Health Care’s new $650 million healthcare complex opened recently in Pensacola, Fla. Featuring a 10-story, 268-bed hospital, the project “represents the single-largest investment in the healthcare history of northwest Florida,” said Gresham Smith project executive Robert “Skip” Yauger, AIA, LEED AP. The 602,000 sf Baptist Hospital is equipped with a Level II trauma center that provides 61 exam rooms and three triage areas.
Engineers | Nov 27, 2023
Kimley-Horn eliminates the guesswork of electric vehicle charger site selection
Private businesses and governments can now choose their new electric vehicle (EV) charger locations with data-driven precision. Kimley-Horn, the national engineering, planning, and design consulting firm, today launched TREDLite EV, a cloud-based tool that helps organizations develop and optimize their EV charger deployment strategies based on the organization’s unique priorities.
Healthcare Facilities | Nov 3, 2023
The University of Chicago Medicine is building its city’s first freestanding cancer center with inpatient and outpatient services
The University of Chicago Medicine (UChicago Medicine) is building Chicago’s first freestanding cancer center with inpatient and outpatient services. Aiming to bridge longstanding health disparities on Chicago’s South Side, the $815 million project will consolidate care and about 200 team members currently spread across at least five buildings. The new facility, which broke ground in September, is expected to open to patients in spring 2027.
Sponsored | | Oct 17, 2023
The Evolution of Medical Facility Security
As the healthcare system grows, securing these facilities becomes ever more challenging. Increasingly, medical providers have multiple facilities within their networks, making traditional keying systems and credentialing impractical.
Healthcare Facilities | Oct 11, 2023
Leveraging land and light to enhance patient care
GBBN interior designer Kristin Greeley shares insights from the firm's latest project: a cancer center in Santa Fe, N.M.
Healthcare Facilities | Oct 9, 2023
Design solutions for mental health as a secondary diagnosis
Rachel Vedder, RA, LEED AP, Senior Architect, Design Collaborative, shares two design solutions for hospitals treating behavioral health patients.
Giants 400 | Oct 5, 2023
Top 115 Healthcare Construction Firms for 2023
Turner Construction, Brasfield & Gorrie, JE Dunn Construction, DPR Construction, and McCarthy Holdings top BD+C's ranking of the nation's largest healthcare sector contractors and construction management (CM) firms for 2023, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2023 Giants 400 Report. Note: This ranking includes revenue related to all healthcare buildings work, including hospitals, medical office buildings, and outpatient facilities.
