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
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Top 10 Trends in the Hospital Facilities Market
Raising the experience bar for patients, families, and staff is the focus of newer projects.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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