Tough Times For Healthcare Design And Construction, But Projects Are Doable
In some ways, designing and building healthcare facilities is almost as challenging as keeping the systems running efficiently and effectively, according to the speakers at our recent Seattle Healthcare event. Making projects pencil and providing the best possible design once they do are certainly no easy tasks in a time when uncertainty is the new norm in the healthcare industry.
Right out of the gate, our Healthcare Paradigms panelists took up the question: What is having the largest impact on healthcare design and construction?
In Seattle, California and other markets, construction costs are climbing — mostly because of the cost of…
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