ARCO Design/Build Deepens Its Presence in Washington, D.C. Market
New office in Tysons, Virginia, brings the firm’s design-build expertise and national resources closer to clients across the capital region.
Helping Healthcare Organizations Solve Complex Facility Challenges
Healthcare Projects are Different
Facilities often remain occupied during construction. Critical systems cannot fail. Infection prevention protocols must be maintained. Clinical workflows cannot be disrupted. Every decision carries implications for patient safety, regulatory compliance, and operational continuity.
A Delivery Model for Modern Challenges
Modern healthcare facilities require a delivery approach built for speed, certainty, and continuity.
By bringing planning, budgeting, design coordination, and construction execution together under a single accountable team, our turnkey delivery model helps healthcare organizations reduce risk, lower costs, and accelerate projects while maintaining continuity of care.
Projects We Support
We support projects involving:
- Occupied clinical environments and phased renovations
- ICRA Levels 2–5 infection control requirements
- Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM) planning and coordination
- Negative air containment and infection prevention protocols
- Shutdown coordination and life-safety planning
- Medical gas, imaging, and complex MEP infrastructure
- FGI and AHCA-informed healthcare facility requirements
We help healthcare organizations:
- Expand capacity to meet growing patient demand
- Modernize aging facilities and infrastructure
- Renovate occupied spaces with minimal disruption
- Improve patient and staff experience through smarter environments
- Accelerate project delivery and reduce schedule risk
- Improve cost certainty in volatile market conditions
- Navigate complex upgrades while maintaining operations
Healthcare Facility Solutions
Ambulatory & Outpatient Facilities
We understand the operational realities of outpatient healthcare – balancing rapid delivery with patient throughput, operational efficiency, and standardized clinic design.
We support the development and renovation of ambulatory and outpatient environments, including:
- Ambulatory care centers
- Imaging facilities and diagnostic centers
- Urgent care clinics
- Freestanding emergency departments (FSEDs)
- Specialty treatment facilities
- Procedure and outpatient surgery centers
Medical Office Buildings (MOBs)
We partner with healthcare systems, physician groups, and developers to deliver modern MOB environments designed for flexibility, operational efficiency, and long-term performance.
Whether integrated into a hospital campus or developed as a standalone facility, we help organizations create spaces that support:
- Flexible shell space for future tenant needs
- Efficient tenant improvement strategies
- Physician group alignment and growth
- Long-term operating cost efficiency
- Patient convenience and access
Hospital Renovations & Interior Fit-Outs
We help healthcare organizations modernize patient environments, improve operational flow, and upgrade infrastructure while protecting continuity of care in occupied, mission-critical environments:
- Department renovations
- Patient floor upgrades
- Clinical interior fit-outs
- Infrastructure modernization
- Facility reconfiguration and adaptive reuse
- Phased renovation strategies for occupied facilities
Why Healthcare Organizations Partner with ARCO
Healthcare organizations are under increasing pressure to modernize aging facilities, expand patient access, improve operational efficiency, and elevate the patient experience – all while managing tight budgets, evolving regulations, and uninterrupted operations.
Whether you’re expanding outpatient access, renovating occupied clinical environments, or developing new medical office space, We help healthcare organizations move projects forward with greater speed, certainty, and confidence.
Faster Project Delivery
Our turnkey delivery model helps organizations accelerate timelines, reduce handoff delays, and move projects from concept to completion faster.
Greater Cost Certainty
We improve budget confidence through early planning, transparent pricing, procurement strategy, and proactive risk management.
Minimal Operational Disruption
We understand how to execute projects in active clinical environments where patient care, operations, infection prevention, and life-safety systems must remain uninterrupted.
National Scale, Local Execution
Our execution model gives healthcare organizations one accountable partner with the scale to support growth and the local insight to execute effectively.
Affiliated Design Partners
Our affiliated design partners bring early coordination and practical design insight. We help clients move from concept to construction with stronger alignment and no handoffs.
Flexible Project Delivery
We provide the flexibility to align with your procurement strategy, operational requirements, and project goals.
Preconstruction Modeling to Eliminate Shutdown Risk
Through detailed systems analysis and coordination with hospital operations teams, we help healthcare organizations complete upgrades without interrupting patient care, compromising safety, or impacting regulatory compliance.
Let’s Build What Healthcare Needs Next
Whether you’re planning an outpatient expansion, renovating occupied hospital space, or developing a new healthcare facility, We can help you move forward with greater confidence and less disruption.
Talk with our healthcare team about your next project.
