Our Commitment
AWARENESS
Key Issues Affecting Healthcare Facilities Infrastructure Development Today
RESEARCH
New Public/Private Financing Models for Healthcare Building Projects
SOLUTIONS
LEANER more Sustainable Healthcare Design + Construction Best Practices
The Opportunity
Extraordinary waste still plagues the construction industry.
Over $62 billion was spent on U.S. healthcare facilities in 2023.
*70% of design and construction projects go over budget and do not meet their original deadlines.
”Poor Integration between the planning, pre-con, and construction phases, along with other delays, duplicative work, unplanned changes, and loss of materials due to poor coordination, continues to result in significant capital losses”.
*National Institue of Health - LeanConstruction.org
Adapting to Today’s Healthcare Environment
HIR is creating awareness, conducting research, and working with academic, hospital, and industry leaders and organizations to help identify LEAN new best practices to solve outdated and inefficient design + construction project delivery methods that are costing the healthcare industry billions of dollars in unnecessary spend each year.
Informing + Connecting
HIR began in 2018 as a rural healthcare facilities infrastructure research initiative, initially sponsored by the University Research Institute.
Today HIR is connecting community leaders with healthcare industry resources through in-person meetings and webcasts, providing important content for those looking to reshape their community's healthcare facilities infrastructure.
HIR is a Catalyst for Change.
“The Healthcare Infrastructure Research Institute provides healthcare executives responsible for facilities, real estate, and community leaders with research, resources, and expertise to help enable the financing, development, and planning of healthcare and wellness facilities in small towns and cities across America.”
Chris Kay, IAIA, ACHE, MBA AICP, Executive Director
We’re Celebrating Our Fifth Anniversary in 2024.
As we enter our fifth year, we want to acknowledge the healthcare facilities, real estate, and planning professionals who represent some of this nation’s leading healthcare systems, and acknowledge their support and industry expertise that helped identify solutions to some of the most pressing facilities infrastructure challenges hospital systems and communities face when planning, revitalizing, or developing new hospital or wellness facilities in the US. HIR is committed to creating awareness, conducting research, and developing solutions that can lead to actionable programs that can help improve the delivery of cost-effective, safe, sustainable, and operationally efficient healthcare and clinical research facilities across the US.
Thank You To All Our Partners, Sponsors, and Friends for Your Support, Hard Work, and Innovative Ideas for the Future.
Great Places to Work in Healthcare Design + Construction Fields
Companies awarded " Best Workplaces in the Healthcare Design + Construction sector were evaluated using a two-step process that includes surveying their healthcare clients and employees. We use this feedback to force rank participants and chose the top 2% that are ranked as great places to work with and work for.
The top companies to work for in the United States aren't all in one region; they're found all over the country.
2024 Top 2% of firms selected as "Great Places to Work" in Healthcare Design + Construction fields include: