From new build construction to renovation and adaptive reuse, healthcare project teams face challenges and opportunities in delivering facilities on time, under budget, and in compliance of the latest codes and regulations.
To help inform those decisions—and strengthen collaboration and team dynamics—the 2025 Healthcare Design Conference + Expo, Oct. 25-28 in Kansas City, Mo., will feature a new session track focused on project delivery best practices, including insights, and strategies to drive speed-to-market in delivering projects.
Here’s a preview some of those sessions; for the full 2025 HCD Conference schedule, visit hcdexpo.com.
E06 – Innovate and Accelerate: Achieving Speed-to-Market with Progressive Design-build, Sunday, Oct. 26, 9:45-10:45 a.m.
In this session, attendees will learn how UC Davis Health and design and architecture firm SmithGroup employed a progressive design-build approach to deliver its 48X Complex, one of the largest and most advanced surgery centers in the U.S., in just 45 months.
E17 – Transformative Team Dynamics: A New Approach to Authentic Partnering, Sunday, Oct. 26, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Takeaways from this session will include ways to eliminate subconscious biases on project teams to focus on actionable resolutions and navigate challenges to communication and collaboration. Speakers will outline a four-phased approach to establishing and maintaining productive team dynamics among project partners.
E28 – New OR/Procedure/Exam Room Toolkit: Coming from FGI in 2026!, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2-3 p.m.
Panelists will break down the latest Facility Guidelines Institute’s Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals. This session will provide attendees with a toolkit for plotting out the number and size of operating, procedure, and exam rooms in a new-build hospital project.
E39 – From Crisis to Care: A Design-build Case Study of Rapid ICU Expansion, Sunday, Oct. 26, 3:15-4:15 p.m.
This session will offer an in-depth look at a 10-month renovation that expanded critical care capacity by delivering two new intensive care units at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Attendees will learn strategies for design-build techniques, phased construction, and integrated coordination plans.
E50 – What’s New in ’26: Major Changes in the 2026 FGI Facility Codes, Monday, Oct. 27, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
During this session, presenters will discuss key factors driving the latest revision to Facility Guidelines Institute’s codes and guidelines for project planning, construction phasing, determining room types, and new facility types.
E82 – 2024 Life Safety Requirements: What You Need to Know, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
This presentation will guide attendees in understanding the latest revisions to life safety requirements set by local codes and authorities having jurisdiction. Attendees will learn what changes are making an impact on both projects at existing facilities and new builds.
E90 – Redefining Project Delivery Success with Collaborative Project Delivery, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1:15-2:15 p.m.
Learn the benefits of adaptable collaborative project delivery methods in contracting with high-performing teams to drive exceptional project outcomes, and how collaborative project delivery differs from integrated project delivery or other contracting methods including benefits and drawbacks.
Find updates and additional information on the 2025 HCD Conference + Expo here.
