Health Care Facilities

As the demand for specialized and varied health care services increases, facilities designers must plan for changes in patient treatment. Patients need to be located near support systems such as emergency medicine, radiology, and the blood bank. Equally important, the staff requires a pleasant environment with good working conditions to respond to the patient quickly, efficiently, and effectively. Additional design considerations encompass security, catering, public areas, transportation, and cost containment.

At Beck, Powell & Parsons, our in-depth knowledge of increasingly specialized equipment and facilities planning translates into creating a pleasant, safe work environment and the best possible patient areas. We design patient care facilities for the people who use them.


Kernan Hospital (U of MD Medical Systems)
Baltimore, Maryland
ICU- Intensive Care Unit Renovation $300,000

Pain Center Renovation $190,000

Dental Clinic Renovation $100,000

Orthopedic Doctors’ Offices $40,000

Orthopedic Business Offices $65,000

Pharmacy Renovations $90,000

Anatomy Lab Renovations $35,000

Main Entrance Modifications $15,000

Baltimore Medical Systems Clinic Renovations
Baltimore, Maryland
A group of preventive and acute health care centers.

Albert Witzke Medical Center 11,000 sq. ft. $220,000

Brehms Lane Medical Center 4,400 sq. ft. $65,000

Belair Road Family Health Center 9,200 sq. ft. $35,000

Matilda Koval Medical Center 6,800 sq. ft. $100,000

Highlandtown Health Center 13,000 sq. ft. $300,000

Fassett Magee Community Health Center
Cambridge, Maryland
An 11,000 square foot multi-agency, outpatient health care facility.



Nuclear Medicine Renovations
Baltimore, Maryland
Owner: The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions



Caroline Health Center Denton, Maryland
Additions and renovations to expand an existing health center by 150%.


Hope Lodge for the American Cancer Society
Baltimore, Maryland
Eight-bed patient and family housing facility
Owner: American Cancer Society


Arundel Nursing Center
Crownsville, Maryland
80-bed addition with dining, kitchen and activities areas


Johns Hopkins Hospital Radiology Treatment Renovations
Baltimore, Maryland
Owner: The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions


Caton Ridge Nursing Home
Baltimore, Maryland
60-bed nursing home renovations


Liberty Medical Center Addition
Baltimore, Maryland
Addition of a 36-bed psychiatric nursing unit to an existing acute care hospital


Lutheran Community Care Nursing Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Complete hospital renovations including PCU's, kitchen, support spaces and library for the Lutheran Health Care Corp.


Patient Care Wing for the Lutheran Health Care Corp.
Baltimore, Maryland
Third floor addition for 66-patient beds and support spaces


Satellite Clinic for Mercy Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
New four-story, multi-tenant office building with design of satellite hospital clinic included as major tenant


Geriatric Unit Renovation
Bethesda, Maryland
Renovation of an existing patient care area to a new geriatric care unit
Owner: National Institutes of Health


Medical Information Systems Department, Clinical Center and Medical Records, Building 10
Bethesda, Maryland
Renovations and expansion; addition including management computer system
Owner: National Institutes of Health


Mental Hygiene Renovation
Bethesda, Maryland
Renovation of an existing patient care area to a new mental health ward
Owner: National Institutes of Health


Patient Ward Renovation
Wilmington, Delaware
Conversion of patient wards on four main floors to private patient rooms for special needs of chemotherapy, spinal and neurological injury, and other patients
Owner: Department of Veterans Affairs Radioscopy/Fluoroscopy Room Ft. Howard, Maryland Owner: Department of Veterans Affairs


Patient Activities Center, 14th Floor, Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland
Construction administration of $1.5 million renovation Owner: National Institutes of Health


6 West, 6-D South Patient Care Wings, Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland
Complete renovations of two patient care units
Owner: National Institutes of Health


13 West, Patient Care Unit
Bethesda, Maryland
Complete renovation of patient care unit
Owner: National Institutes of Health


Six Community Health Centers
Baltimore, Maryland Renovations to six health centers serving their respective neighborhoods
Owner: Baltimore Medical Systems


Day Hospital
Bethesda, Maryland
Renovation to a unit for patients requiring day visitation
Owner: National Institutes of Health


Taylor Manor Hospital
Ellicott City, Maryland
New 102-bed private psychiatric treatment hospital
Owner: Bruce Taylor, M.D.


Children's Medical/Surgical Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Renovation of patient care wing and installation of an MRI system
Owner: The Johns Hopkins Children's Center


Pathology Building
Baltimore, Maryland
Renovation of Pathology Department including laboratories, library and support spaces
Owner: The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions


Geriatric Unit Renovation
Perry Point, Maryland
Programming and planning for Geriatric Evaluation Unit in existing facility
Owner: Department of Veterans Affairs


Health and Life Safety Code Improvements
Perry Point, Maryland Renovations to upgrade and replace fire alarm systems
Owner: Department of Veterans Affairs