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New download: BD+C's 2024 Healthcare Annual Report

Welcome to Building Design+Construction’s 2024 Healthcare Annual Report. This free 66-page special report is our first-ever “state of the state” update on the $65 billion healthcare construction sector.




Mass Timber

British Columbia hospital features mass timber community hall

The Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project in Duncan, British Columbia, features an expansive community hall featuring mass timber construction. The hall, designed to promote social interaction and connection to give patients, families, and staff a warm and welcoming environment, connects a Diagnostic and Treatment (“D&T”) Block and Inpatient Tower.

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Healthcare Facilities

From hospitals to research facilities, healthcare buildings are essential to the health of the world’s population, as well as medical innovation. Designing these structures requires a delicate balance of technical requirements with the needs of doctors and patients, but when done right, these designs can save lives.

Healthcare Facilities | May 5, 2021

HOK to design new Waterloo Eye Institute

The project is being designed for The University of Waterloo’s School of Optometry & Vision Science.

Healthcare Facilities | May 4, 2021

New proton therapy center will serve five-state region in Midwest

NCI-designated facility an addition to the University of Kansas Health System.

Healthcare Facilities | GBBN | Apr 30, 2021

Registration and waiting: Weak points and an enduring strength

Changing how patients register and wait for appointments will enhance the healthcare industry’s ability to respond to crises.

Healthcare Facilities | Apr 29, 2021

HDR selected to design new Cancer Hospital in Shaoxing

Nature is at the heart of the project’s design.

Healthcare Facilities | Apr 16, 2021

UCI Medical Center Irvine to break ground in mid-2021

Hensel Phelps + CO Architects design-build team were awarded the project.

Healthcare Facilities | Gresham Smith | Mar 4, 2021

Behavior mapping: Taking care of the caregivers through technology

Research suggests that the built environment may help reduce burnout.

Healthcare Facilities | Feb 25, 2021

The Weekly show, Feb 25, 2021: When healthcare designers become patients, and machine learning for building design

This week on The Weekly show, BD+C editors speak with AEC industry leaders from BK Facility Consulting, cove.tool, and HMC Architects about what two healthcare designers learned about the shortcomings—and happy surprises—of healthcare facilities in which they found themselves as patients, and how AEC firms can use machine learning to optimize design, cost, and sustainability, and prioritize efficiency protocols. 

Market Data | Feb 24, 2021

2021 won’t be a growth year for construction spending, says latest JLL forecast

Predicts second-half improvement toward normalization next year.

Biophilic Design | Feb 19, 2021

Stantec & LIGHTGLASS Simulate Daylight in a Windowless Patient Space

Even before the pandemic, hospitals in major metropolitan areas faced a significant challenge:…
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