Tom Longhi, Architect, presented with David Loffling (UI Health), Dan Myers (Pepper Construction) and Mike O’Keefe (Ankura) at the 2022 Society for College and University Planning North Central Regional Conference on the new University of Illinois Health Specialty Care Building which leveraged a Public-Private Partnership delivery model to expand care to underserved populations.

Highlights of the presentation include:

• A visioning process of benchmarking, programming, and conceptual design for a public healthcare facility that supports a variety of patient types and diverse ethnicities, and helps achieve greater health equity in underserved populations.
• Real estate and capital solutions can assist university healthcare organizations with maximizing their operational and financial performance in supporting the health of their region and community.
• Identifying enhanced strategies and tools for developing an affordable design solution while enhancing building operations, improving healthcare delivery, and achieving timely project completion.
• Preparing for collaborative project delivery in which the developer, architect, and contracts work together toward a common design and healthcare delivery goal.