Designing Mechanical Systems for Resilent and Sustainable Healthcare

Episode 59 - Rural Healthcare Challenges

Mark Abbey and Tom Bahr discuss rural healthcare, challenges and opportunities in the space, working with leadership at rural healthcare systems, flexible space design, along with telehealth and more.

Episode 58 - Feeding the Future

In this episode, Dr. April Agee Carroll from Bayer Crop Science R&D, Scott Allen and Kay Townsend discuss how research facilities are designed and used to feed the world, phenotyping, food security, plant science, genetics, data analysis and what new insights are leading to breakthroughs – and how collaboration is a key driver to these breakthroughs.

Episode 57 - Designing for Resiliency - Boilers, Backup Fuel and Decarbonization

This episode features a conversation with engineers around different types of boilers, pros and cons, backup fuel options and decarbonization, including what healthcare organizations should be thinking about when it comes to these options. Host: Brian Moore [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brimoore/] Guests: Rick Wilkins [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-wilkins-vice-president-thermal-tech-inc-46343832/] & George Stefanovici [https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-stefanovici-8953a924/] Learn more: bsadesign.com [https://www.bsadesign.com/] Podcast Library: https://fast.wistia.com/embed/channel/aiy7rea6t7 [https://fast.wistia.com/embed/channel/aiy7rea6t7] Contact: bmoore@bsadesign.com

Designing Mechanical Systems for Resilent and Sustainable Healthcare

In this episode of BSA by Design podcast, host Brian Moore interviews Kevin McNutt, an engineering planning principal at BSA, about designing mechanical systems for resilient and sustainable healthcare facilities. McNutt, who has nearly twenty years of experience as a licensed PE, discusses how engineering for healthcare isn't just technical but also an art that requires balancing multiple stakeholder needs and opinions. He shares insights from a complex patient tower project that involved untangling existing systems while expanding campus utilities and coordinating around immense structural challenges. The conversation covers key industry challenges including labor shortages, retiring workforce knowledge, cost pressures, and the balance between sustainability and resiliency. McNutt emphasizes the importance of prefabrication strategies, true collaboration across disciplines, and the need to look beyond immediate costs to lifecycle considerations. He also discusses how AI and technology will likely help address workforce gaps while maintaining the irreplaceable value of human experience and historical knowledge in healthcare facility design.

The Sustainability Action Plan

Drew Hustedde [https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-hustedde/] joins the show to talk about sustainability, and BSA's Sustainability Action Plan, with focus on future goals, alignment, the shift in conversation around sustainability and how good design is at the heart of it all. Host: Brian Moore [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brimoore/] Guests: Drew Hustedde [https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-hustedde/] Want to learn more about BSA? Visit bsadesign.com [https://bsadesign.com/]. Feedback? Email bmoore@bsadesign.com [bmoore@bsadesign.com].