As new healthcare policies and innovations are implemented, demand for new healthcare facilities and upgrades is growing. Further, an aging U.S. population, new technologies, rising demand for single occupancy rooms and increased healthcare consumerism are more and more shaping decisions about new hospital locations, design and functionality. Speakers from the healthcare construction industry will discuss the effects of these trends, and the uncertainty that financial concerns and government policy changes bring. We’ll also examine new opportunities for contractors and subcontractors, as well as design and engineering firms, and the effects of shifting medical policies and practices on the design and construction industry.
Cauldwell Wingate - Platinum Sponsor
Cauldwell Wingate is one of the oldest construction companies in New York City. We are client-service oriented, experienced and have both the technical expertise and know-how to build high quality and complex construction projects.
We provide pre-construction, construction management, and general contracting services for new buildings, renovations, infrastructure upgrades, and interior fit-outs. We build across a broad range of markets, including high-rise residential, workplace and high-end corporate interiors, healthcare, education, cultural institutions, government, and historic preservation. Building in New York since 1910 — from one of the nation’s leading art museums, The Frick Collection, to Brooklyn’s iconic Central Library, and Saks Fifth Avenue’s grand flagship store — Cauldwell Wingate has built many of New York’s landmarks.
Cauldwell Wingate continues to build an enduring legacy. In recent years:
- We built Brooklyn’s tallest tower, 388 Bridge Street.
- We collaborated with our client, LearningSpring School, and a forward-thinking design team, to build the first school in New York State to achieve LEED® for Schools Gold Certification.
- Our restoration of the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse won The New York Landmarks Conservancy Chairman’s Award.
- We partnered with Montefiore Medical Center to build their new Hutchinson Campus Ambulatory Care Center in the Bronx, a “hospital without beds,” and one of the New York metropolitan region’s largest ambulatory care centers.
Gilbane - Platinum Sponsor
Gilbane provides a full slate of construction and facilities-related services, from pre-construction planning and integrated consulting capabilities, through to comprehensive construction management, close-out and facility management services. Since 1949, Gilbane has been delivering construction services in New York for clients across various market sectors including commercial office, multi-unit and high rise residential, cultural, higher education, healthcare, public sector, mission critical, interiors and science and technology.
Founded in 1873 and still a privately held, family-owned company, Gilbane has more than 50 office locations around the world. As a sixth generation family-owned business we’ve built the best team in the industry with a culture of caring that treats every one of our employees as a trusted member of the Gilbane family. Building upon the success and proven track record of more than 140 years of experience, Gilbane is recognized as an industry leader that delivers innovative building solutions; from state-of-the-art sustainable buildings to the latest applications in construction methods and technology.
Our 2,600+ multidisciplinary professionals across the world are capable of executing multiple, geographically dispersed projects, performing over 500 concurrent projects; each adhering to Gilbane’s commitment to safety and quality with a determined effort to exceed our clients’ expectations. Gilbane’s local offices combine the benefits of full-service operations capabilities, including in-house estimating, value engineering, scheduling, procurement, accounting and construction operations with the knowledge and experience that only a local presence can provide.
Grassi & Co. - Platinum Sponsor
The construction industry faces unique challenges and, unlike many other industries, has a specialized set of accounting rules and tax regulations. As one of the nation’s largest construction practices, we understand the industry and its issues and are well-equipped to guide our clients towards maximizing their business. Grassi & Co.’s Construction Practice is dedicated to providing personalized, client-focused service and strategic business advice to general contractors, construction managers, and subcontractors.
Serving more than 300 of the area’s largest and most respected contractors, our industry experts keep abreast of cutting-edge financial trends and industry issues impacting construction companies. Leveraging more than 30 years of experience servicing the industry, the Grassi & Co. Construction Team has developed innovative solutions and strategic tools that have become best practices and have provided value to leading industry executives within the United States.
Our professionals hold Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional (CCIFP) designations and maintain active memberships in a variety of industry associations. This level of industry involvement enables us to keep our fingers on the pulse of the market and provide our clients with insights on industry trends and developments.
As one of the largest construction practices in the United States, Grassi & Co. has the capabilities to provide services that go beyond the typical accounting and tax services. In fact, our primary objective as a service provider to construction companies is to provide industry specific services that help clients achieve the next level of success.
About Grassi & Co.: Grassi & Co., the 70th largest accounting firm in the U.S., is a premier professional service organization specializing in auditing, tax, technology, and business consulting services. Grassi & Co. has offices in New York City, Long Island, White Plains, NY, and Park Ridge, NJ as well as internationally through its association with Moore Stephens International. Grassi & Co. specializes in professional services for the Not-for-Profit, Construction, Architecture & Engineering, Financial Services, Private Equity, Life Sciences, Manufacturing & Distribution, Retail, Technology, Media & Telecommunication, Transportation, Energy & Natural Resources, and Healthcare industries, among others.
Jaros, Baum & Bolles (JB&B) - Platinum Sponsor
JB&B has positioned itself at the forefront of our industry by relying on a set of core values and proven principles that have informed and guided our work for over one hundred years. It’s no coincidence that, while these values and principles acknowledge the central importance of solid yet innovative engineering, their real focus is on people—the client, the engineer, the community—and it’s our unwavering commitment not only to these ideals but to the human relationships implied by them that has been the true key to our success.
LF Driscoll - Platinum Sponsor
The Structure Tone family of companies—Structure Tone, LF Driscoll, Structure Tone Southwest, Pavarini Construction Co. and Pavarini McGovern—provides a complete range of services, from site selection analysis to design constructability review, from corporate interior fit-outs to new construction, from aesthetic enhancements to building infrastructure upgrades.
Although we’re at the leading edge of construction management, our fundamental mission to solve our clients’ challenges is constant. We are proud that 80 percent of our projects annually originate from existing clients—global corporations, world-class healthcare and educational institutions, those requiring mission critical data centers, retailers, hoteliers and residential developers.
Unlike any other global construction management company, we are purpose-built to be scalable—we’re as dedicated to a $50,000 project as we are to a $100 million, large-scale greenfield development. We are dedicated to our clients’ long-term needs.
We deliver projects on time and budget. Our lean construction process uses virtual tools to reduce project costs and schedules, improve speed-to-market, and keep us fully adaptable throughout the entire process. We invested in processes, systems, compliance and technology to ensure that our clients receive the highest level of accountability and transparency. We build facilities with greater resilience and the flexibility to add capabilities and new technology so that existing facilities can be more effectively repurposed in the future.
Through our commitment to our core values of excellence, integrity, passion, safety and client collaboration, we partner with our clients to imagine, execute and realize their vision.
Peckar & Abramson - Platinum Sponsor
Long known for leadership and innovation in construction law, Peckar & Abramson’s Results FirstSM approach encompasses a broad array of legal services — delivered with a commitment to efficiency, value and client service since 1978.
With more than 100 attorneys in eleven U.S. offices, and affiliations around the globe, Peckar & Abramson is the largest construction law firm in the United States. Our capabilities extend farther and deeper than ever before, here in the U.S. and across the globe. Our clients include the most recognizable names in the industry, from the largest international and U.S. based contractors to those handling smaller discrete projects.
Our courtroom and dispute resolution experience, coupled with our ability to provide genuinely insightful legal advice and commercial representation, help our wide range of clients maximize opportunities, meet challenges, solve problems, and manage risk.
Peckar & Abramson’s capabilities have expanded over the years to that of a true full-service law firm, but our commitment to the construction industry has never wavered. True to our construction roots, we remain the “go to” law firm for many of the industry’s most successful contractors, professionals, and associations. Our rich construction industry history, uniquely blended with the depth and talent to provide a full range of legal services, yields the ability to meet our clients’ needs regardless of size, scope or geographic location.
Rockefeller Group - Platinum Sponsor
Rockefeller Group is a leading real estate developer, owner and investor, known since the development of Rockefeller Center for pioneering large-scale urban mixed-use development. For nearly nine decades the company has been trusted for its financial strength, stability and vision, and today remains committed to the selective acquisition, management and development of innovative, high-quality office, industrial, residential and mixed-use properties in urban centers and strategic distribution markets. The company combines the global perspective and market access of a sophisticated development and investment management platform, through its partnership with Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd., and its strategic investments in independent property fund platforms in the United States and Europe. Visit RockefellerGroup.com.
Suffolk Construction - Platinum Sponsor
At Suffolk, we are committed to changing the way construction has always been done. Our vision is to “transform the construction experience by building smart” because we believe there is a better way. Founded in 1982, Suffolk has been in business for over 34 years and has grown to become one of the most successful privately held construction firms in the country. We are a financially stable, national player with $3 billion in revenue, a single project bonding capacity in excess of $450 million, and an aggregate capacity in excess of $3 billion.
Suffolk has had a presence in the greater New York City market for more than five years and has recently become the “contractor to watch” due to our recently expanded operations in Midtown Manhattan. National developers who have partnered with Suffolk have asked us to manage their New York City construction projects because they have experienced our “build smart” approach for themselves and were thrilled with the results.
Our proven Build Smart approach leverages the most innovative technologies and processes, including VDC, Lean construction principles, collaboration tools, and creative approaches to project safety. Our unique approach to building has been proven to boost predictability, accelerate schedules, eliminate costs and minimize waste. Through our collaborative build smart approach we work side by side with our trade partners to get full commitments from them to consistently meet and often accelerate project schedules. Our clients understand the value of Suffolk’s Build Smart approach and appreciate the predictable and collaborative experience we provide during the planning and construction phases of our projects, which is why Suffolk has become their contractor of choice for projects throughout the entire country, including in New York.
Zetlin & De Chiara LLP - Platinum Sponsor
Zetlin & De Chiara LLP, a leading construction law firm, provides sophisticated legal counsel and business advice to real estate owners and developers as well as architecture and engineering firms in the New York Metropolitan area and around the country. Many of its attorneys have direct experience with construction and design issues through their work as in-house construction counsel, education and training as architects and engineers, and by earning LEED accreditation. The firm provides counsel throughout the planning, design, and construction process — from drafting and negotiating contracts to advising on risk management strategies. Zetlin & De Chiara represents clients in litigation and alternative dispute resolution, and also advises on business formation, licensing and corporate issues.
The Carpenter Contractor Alliance of Metropolitan New York - Gold Sponsor
The Carpenter Contractor Alliance of Metropolitan New York - CCA Metro - is the leading voice on issues affecting the joint interests of 25,000 carpenters in all crafts represented by the nine local unions of the New York City District Council of Carpenters and more than 1,000 contractors that employ these carpenters under collective bargaining agreements.
CCA Metro utilizes research and engagement with industry and community stakeholders to promote the dependable quality and safety that’s delivered by trained, skilled and experienced union carpenters and contractors. Together, we build the best projects in New York with the highest commitment to local and diverse opportunity
Lendlease - Gold Sponsor
Lendlease is one of the premier providers of healthcare construction services in the New York metropolitan area. Adept at new construction as well as expanding, renovating and modernizing occupied facilities, our dedicated healthcare construction professionals are committed to safety, cost control, quality, innovation and sustainability. We pay careful attention to the industry’s changing regulations and legislation and are fully versed in the most advanced American Society of Healthcare Engineers (ASHE) Guidelines and Infection Control and Interim Life Safety Measures.
Perkins Eastman - Gold Sponsor
Perkins Eastman is among the top design and architecture firms in the world. With 1,000 employees in 15 locations around the globe, Perkins Eastman practices at every scale of the built environment. From niche buildings to complex projects that enrich whole communities, the firm’s portfolio reflects a dedication to progressive and inventive design that enhances the quality of the human experience. The firm’s portfolio includes high-end residential, commercial, hotels, retail, office buildings, and corporate interiors, to schools, hospitals, museums, senior living, and public sector facilities. Perkins Eastman provides award-winning design through its offices in The Americas, Middle East, and Asia.