Health Care
Designing and Delivering Spaces Where Care Thrives
Healthcare construction is about creating safe, efficient, and healing environments. DBS Group combines design-build expertise with healthcare facility planning insight to deliver facilities that support patients, providers, and the communities they serve. From concept to completion, we simplify complexity so you can focus on delivering care.
Behind the Build: Our Healthcare Construction Approach
Healthcare facilities succeed when planning, design, and construction are connected from the start. At DBS Group, we integrate patient needs, strategy, advocacy, budgeting, and execution into one continuous process. This approach keeps leadership and operations aligned, reduces risk, and ensures every step — from feasibility to final delivery — supports your goals and the patients you serve.
Early planning and strategy
The success of healthcare construction projects begins long before groundbreaking. We work with organization and department leadership to assess feasibility, forecast capital needs, and develop budgets that reflect real-world costs while keeping patient needs top priority. Through master planning, capital forecasting, and scheduling strategies, we help you reduce risk and build confidence in every decision.
Owner’s representative services
Healthcare projects are highly regulated and involve many partners across leadership and care teams. DBS Group acts as your advocate, coordinating between executives, facilities teams, and medical staff to ensure seamless communication and collaboration. We provide project oversight, regulatory compliance guidance, and risk management, ensuring your goals stay at the center.
Preconstruction and budgeting
Our experienced estimators and project managers bring clarity to costs and schedules. By providing budget information early and often, as well as corresponding milestone schedule and phasing plan information, we align design intent with budget realities, helping you make informed decisions and avoid cost surprises later.
Seamless transition to construction
With early planning in place, DBS Group ensures continuity through design coordination, procurement, and construction. Our healthcare division integrates expertise across design, engineering, estimating, procurement, and construction to create efficient, compliant, and patient-centered environments.
Infection control and life safety
In healthcare construction, infection control is a critical responsibility as well as a compliance requirement. DBS Group implements Infection Control Risk Assessments (ICRA) and Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM) to protect patients, providers, and staff at every phase. Proper containment, air quality management, and workflow separation reduce dust, debris, and airborne pathogens that can endanger vulnerable populations.
By integrating ICRA protocols and ILSMs into daily operations, we maintain functional life safety systems, preserve emergency egress, and ensure healthcare environments remain safe and operational. This proactive approach underscores our commitment to patient safety, regulatory compliance, and excellence in healthcare construction.
Why Choose DBS Group for Healthcare Projects
Healthcare leaders need more than a builder — they need a partner who understands what’s at stake. With DBS Group, you gain:
- Aligned vision — We bring executives, facilities teams, and care providers together to ensure the facility supports both strategy and daily workflows.
- Regulatory confidence — We navigate codes, permitting, and compliance so your project avoids costly missteps.
- Efficient delivery — Integrated design-build provides schedule and budget certainty and minimizes disruptions.
- Built-in advocacy — As your owner’s representative, we protect your interests and keep projects on track.
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Affiliations
- American College of Health Care Administrators
- Iowa Health Care Association
- Wisconsin Health Care Association
- Wisconsin Healthcare Engineering Association
