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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Hank Adams HDR
TAKING STOCK
Healthcare Design's A/E/C Survey captures a unique
time for our industry By Jennifer Kovacs Silvis
I STARTED WORKING for Healthcare Design about
12 years ago, and one of the fi rst big projects to land
on my desk was managing our annual A/E/C Survey.
It's been a pet project of mine ever since, and fi nally
taught me that using Excel can be more satisfying
than excruciating. The survey has evolved a bit over
time, with new questions added or others retired,
but it always serves as a biennial opportunity to take
stock of where we are as an industry and where its
members think we're heading next.
The survey is open to any architecture/engineering/construction
firm working in healthcare-again, firms and not
individuals. While we love hearing collectively from all our audience members
through other survey efforts, this one captures a high-level view that
we can get only from companies working in this space. That's because we
ask for big-picture details, like number of healthcare contracts signed in the
past year, gross healthcare revenue, and so on.
And within the responding firms we have global powerhouses and small
regional outposts, together helping to paint a holistic picture of where
healthcare design stands today.
Years ago, we would open the survey annually but eventually noticed that
we wouldn't see too much transition in the data year to year, so that's when
we bumped it to every other. Our last survey was conducted in early 2020, just
as we were all learning the word " coronavirus. " So when our 2022 survey was
launched, I couldn't help but wonder what the numbers would tell of everything
that's happened between then and now.
It's not that this year's results are starkly different from those we've seen
in the past. But at the same time, clear diff erences emerged to a larger degree
than I've seen before, signaling an industry in recovery mode. In most of our
key year-over-year stats-when we ask fi rms to compare things like requests
for proposals received or contracts signed to those in the prior year-upticks
were seen and a rebound was evident. Looking more closely, while work was
surging, it was on the more modest size, with the majority of projects completed
last year falling at the lower end of price and value ranges and renovations
leading over new construction.
And there are other threads to follow, too. In responses to the survey's
open-ended question about ongoing challenges and opportunities, almost
every fi rm that answered remarked on the current infl ux of business they're
experiencing. Similarly, most also commented on the stressors that come
with the windfall, as talent acquisition remains a top challenge to managing
surging workloads and the construction market volatility that continues.
I hope you enjoy digging into the results as much as I have. It's obvious
there's a lot to be optimistic about as 2022 unfolds, and a lot we'll be keeping
our eye on, too. 
Wayne Barger SMITHGROUP
Carolyn BaRoss PERKINS&WILL
Sam Burnette EARL SWENSSON ASSOCIATES
Sheila F. Cahnman JUMPGARDEN CONSULTING LLC
Thomas W. Chessum CO ARCHITECTS
James Crispino GENSLER
Christine Hester Devens AECOM
Mary Frazier EWINGCOLE
Jocelyn Lum Frederick HC TANGRAM DESIGN
Catherine L. Gow FRANCIS CAUFFMAN
Natalie Miovski Hagerty
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
Suzen L. Heeley
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER
Scott Holmes BWBR
Walter Jones METROHEALTH SYSTEM
Randy Keiser TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO.
Julie Kent TRINITY HEALTH
Eric Koffl er NBBJ
Tiana Lemons ORCUTT/WINSLOW
Michael Lied GBBN ARCHITECTS
Mike McKay UW HEALTH
Victoria Navarro ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH
Solvei Neiger, ZGF
Kurt Neubek PAGE
Don Orndoff KAISER PERMANENTE
Diane R.K. Osan CANNONDESIGN
Chris Powers BURNS & MCDONNELL
William D. Repichowskyj E4H ARCHITECTURE
Kim Shinn TLC ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS
Janet H. Sisolak UT MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
Kurt Spiering HGA
Steve Stokes GRESHAM SMITH
Jeff rey C. Stouff er HKS INC.
Paul E. Strohm HOK
Jocelyn Stroupe CANNONDESIGN
Melanie Taylor BOLDT
Joshua A. Theodore LEO A DALY
Anthony Treu SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL
Travis Tyson CLEVELAND CLINIC
Gary L. Vance VANCE CONSULTING
Roderic Walton MOODY NOLAN
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