Facility Planning & Design

In today’s rapidly evolving market, new healthcare construction projects face increasing complexities from changing regulations, cost pressures, technology advancements and shifting patient demands. Making the most of capital construction investments means having a partner on your side who understands the demands of the industry and can help look across the total continuum of care to offer smart planning and design solutions that will set your organization up for success now and into the future.

Why choose St. Onge?
As a leader in strategic healthcare facility planning, clients trust St. Onge to deliver the expertise and support to guide new construction and renovation projects from master planning, concept design, programming, and facility design through procurement, construction and post-launch monitoring and evaluation.

• We look at the total picture, applying an unmatched depth of experience across healthcare supply chains, materials management, operational excellence and the patient experience.
• Our expertise includes service docks, materials management, environmental services, waste management and sterile processing operations and material handling solutions.
• We apply an engineering approach, using data and real-life analytics to map and analyze scenarios across your facility design, process flow and the patient experience.
• Looking across department lines, we consider the total picture and how new and revamped facilities can drive efficiencies.
• We have expertise in pneumatic tube systems, pneumatic waste and linen removal systems, autonomous mobile robots, automated guided vehicles and other material handling technologies.
• We evaluate technology and the application of automation, informing decisions backed by our commitment to ongoing research and development to stay at the leading edge of the industry.
• As independent engineers and consultants, we offer objective, unbiased analysis of providers, technologies and processes to match you with the solutions that offer the best fit.
• We bring unparalleled experience, applying world-class thinking with a customized approach to meet your individual facility and system needs.
• We understand how the demands of hospitals vary from those of outpatient care facilities and draw on our experience in healthcare facility operations, supply chain processes and patient experience to deliver optimized facility planning and design solutions customized to each client’s individual needs.
• We consider how safety, technology, sustainability and automation impact design, and we can execute detailed analysis and simulations using real-time location systems (RTLS) data that give you a true-to-life window into how decisions will impact ongoing operations.

Our commitment to smart healthcare facility planning and design as well as hospital facility planning and design helps to lower costs, optimize space and support improved patient care. We always dig deeper to find the best solution. Check out our healthcare projects to see how we’re making an impact for partners across the industry.

Whether you have a project on the horizon or one that’s underway and in need of strategic support, reach out to start a conversation about how St. Onge can add value as a partner in your facility planning and design initiatives.