Tanner Burke: There is currently a greater emphasis on resilience in health care facilities to protect the vulnerable occupants expected to use the facility. This involves implementing design, construction and operational strategies to mitigate natural disasters and infrastructure failures. The ultimate goal of resilience is to maintain the quality care and patient experience intended for the facility by considering structural integrity, mechanical, electrical and plumbing system reliability, physical security and cybersecurity. We are seeing retrofit efforts to make hospitals more resilient by protecting critical fire protection infrastructure such as pumps and water tanks from flooding, earthquakes and external fire exposures. Derek Cornell: It is not news that the health care model continues to shift to outpatient. In recent years, we have seen a lot of health care systems building more stand-alone facilities for specialized care and outpatient services such as surgical and imaging. However, with the demand for materials, procurement delays and cost escalation, more projects are trending toward investing in existing facilities calling for heavy renovation and equipment upgrades. As owners are being forced to do more with less, we are seeing a heightened need for more flexible spaces that are able meet multiple functions and even combine multiple procedural operations within shared square footage.
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