Healthcare

Healthcare Facilities Designed for Safety and Care

Healthcare facilities require resilient systems to provide uninterrupted care. The engineering behind these environments demands precision because lives depend on it.

AHBL helps healthcare facilities, medical centers, and health systems create environments that promote patient safety, wellness, and operational efficiency. Our teams integrate civil engineering, structural engineering, landscape architecture, land use planning, and land surveying to deliver multidisciplinary services that strengthen the performance of healthcare facilities across the Pacific Northwest.

Whether it’s for new construction, renovation, or campus improvements, we help clients implement solutions and design critical infrastructure that makes exceptional care possible.

Explore Our Work
Healthcare Projects We Deliver

AHBL partners with healthcare clients across all delivery methods to design and manage projects that enhance facility operations and safety alike. 

Our experience includes:

  • Circulation and access improvements that enhance care delivery
  • Construction support throughout the project through occupancy
  • Feasibility studies that inform long-range initiatives and campus growth
  • Improvements that accommodate future growth
  • Infrastructure upgrades for hospitals, clinics, outpatient facilities, and medical campuses
  • Site development for new and expanded healthcare facilities
  • Site enhancements that create healing environments

Our approach emphasizes clarity and coordination with stakeholders, and solutions providing for the lifecycle of healthcare facilities. We understand the unique operational needs of the healthcare industry, including access, safety, and continuous operation during construction.

See the Vision Come to Life

  • Avamere Bel Air Skilled Nursing Facility

    Single-story skilled nursing facility with grading, utilities, stormwater, and frontage improvements

  • Columbia Basin Health Association Pasco Clinic

    Multidisciplinary site design for healthcare facility in Pasco

  • Fircrest School Adult Training Program

    Multidisciplinary site and frontage improvements for skilled nursing facility campus

  • Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital

    New state-of-the-art facility will be the only Level II pediatric trauma center in western Washington

  • Othello Community Hospital Ambulance Facility

    Supporting emergency response through reliable, community‑focused site engineering

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How We Help Healthcare Facilities

As partners, our success is shared. When your goals are met, we both succeed. With deep technical expertise and a thorough understanding of the healthcare sector’s unique demands, our team is uniquely positioned to deliver solutions that meet every client’s needs.

Clear Documentation for Construction and Operations

We prepare consistent, accurate plans that inform permitting, bidding, construction, and facilities management. Our teams emphasize clarity and constructability to help project managers and design partners make informed decisions.

Alignment with Healthcare Standards and Regulatory Requirements

We design systems which are compliant with applicable codes, safety standards and city requirements. Our work helps healthcare organizations meet operational and risk management objectives, while maintaining continuity of services.

Collaboration with Health Systems and Design Partners

Healthcare facilities depend on coordination among medical planners, architects, operations teams, and engineers. AHBL works closely with all partners to ensure site and infrastructure systems support care delivery and long-term performance.

Designs for Longevity and Operational Needs

We consider lifecycle costs, sustainability goals, and maintenance requirements from early planning through final design. Our work ensures reliable systems that perform under real-time operational demands now and in the years to come.
  • Our Services
    Our Core Services

    AHBL brings broad healthcare design expertise, from small-to-large private clinics and medical centers to major hospital expansions, collaborating with architects, general contractors, and facilities teams to meet the complex needs of medical environments.

    Our work includes systems that support sensitive medical equipment, flexible site and building layouts for future growth, phased construction strategies that keep hospitals operational, parking, infrastructure planning, and coordination of all the important details.

    • Civil Engineering
    • Structural Engineering
    • Landscape Architecture
    • Land Use Planning
    • Land Surveying
  • Civil Engineering

    Our civil engineers help clients develop engineering services, site grading, site planning, design of capital projects, and site operation and maintenance.  Our experience includes stormwater, sewer, water, utility improvements, circulation plans, and more for new construction and modernization projects. We incorporate ADA improvements, pavement restoration, sustainability strategies, water quality improvements, and infrastructure planning that provide for long-term campus operations.

  • Structural Engineering

    AHBL designs resilient and adaptable structural systems for healthcare facilities of all sizes. Our team facilitates modernizations and upgrades that accommodate medical equipment loads and phased construction while maintaining facility operations. We deliver systems that contribute to facility safety and longevity.

  • Landscape Architecture

    Not all healing happens indoors. AHBL’s landscape architects design outdoor environments that promote wellbeing, accessibility, and long-term maintenance. Our work includes healing spaces, rooftop gardens, therapeutic landscapes, pedestrian pathways, and other outdoor, private areas to simply breathe and recover. We focus on planting plans and open spaces complementing healthcare design and enhancing the overall experience for patients, staff, and visitors alike.

  • Land Use Planning

    Our planners help form the foundation for healthcare projects with land use analysis, SEPA-related coordination, and permitting strategies. We help clients navigate zoning requirements, while also ensuring projects align with campus plans and community needs.

  • Land Surveying

    Healthcare infrastructure projects hinge on starting with accurate site data. AHBL delivers boundary and topographic surveys, utility research based on record information, right-of-way studies, and construction staking. These services guide site planning, circulation design, and improvements to support healthcare services and facility operations.