Barton Malow

Healthcare

National Leaders in Healthcare Construction: Building the Future of Patient Care

At Barton Malow, we’re redefining what it means to be a healthcare construction partner. As a national leader in healthcare construction, we bring decades of experience delivering innovative, patient-centered facilities—from community hospitals and academic medical centers to specialty clinics and medical research buildings. Our team understands that every healthcare project is more than just a building; it’s a place where care is delivered, healing takes place, and lives are changed. By combining proven expertise, Lean construction practices, and a relentless commitment to safety and quality, we help our clients create healing environments that advance the future of care. Whether building new or renovating in active, occupied settings, Barton Malow delivers healthcare construction solutions that set the standard for excellence, efficiency, and trust.
Lobby of Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
At Barton Malow, building healthcare spaces is about more than construction—it’s about shaping environments that support exceptional care, innovation, and community well-being. Our healthcare experience spans community hospitals, regional medical centers, academic health campuses, behavioral health facilities, ambulatory care facilities, medical office buildings, and rehabilitation facilities.

$6B

in Healthcare Construction in 10 years

Our teams bring deep experience in both new construction and complex renovation within active, occupied healthcare environments—always prioritizing patient safety, infection control, and operational continuity.

#6

Top Construction Management Firms

We’re proud to be recognized as one of the nation’s leaders in healthcare construction, ranked #6 on Modern Healthcare’s list of Top Construction Management Firms. This honor reflects our commitment to delivering projects that advance patient care and strengthen communities.

Award-Winning Safety, Quality, and Performance

Barton Malow has won over 250 awards for healthcare projects over the last 50 years, including from the Association of General Contractors Build America, Engineering News-Record, Design-Build Institute of America, and more.

Why Barton Malow for Healthcare Construction?

Innovative, Lean, and Sustainable Solutions

We integrate Lean construction and advanced building technologies to drive efficiency, cost certainty, and schedule reliability. Our early engagement-based project planning approach leverages national benchmarking, accurate cost modeling, Target Value Delivery, Early Contractor Involvement (ECI, or Design Assist), pull planning, and virtual design and construction (VDC) for fast and reliable decision making.  Carrying these data-based certainties into construction, we optimize delivery with strategic and inclusive purchasing, multi-trade modular prefabrication, and AI-enhanced construction monitoring and progress predictions to deliver high-quality results while minimizing disruption and environmental impact. We’re committed to helping clients achieve their sustainability goals, reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and create resilient, future-ready facilities.

Collaboration That Delivers Results

Every healthcare project is unique. That’s why we tailor our preconstruction and construction delivery to each client’s needs—engaging early, communicating transparently, and fostering a culture of partnership. Our teams work side-by-side with owners, designers, and trade partners to solve challenges, manage risk, and ensure every project meets the highest standards of quality, safety, and value.

We deliver a full range of healthcare projects, including acute-care hospitals, ambulatory care centers, specialty outpatient clinics, medical office buildings, post-acute rehabilitation facilities, behavioral health facilities, medical research facilities, and wellness centers.

Henry Ford Macomb Patient Room Completed
Henry Ford Macomb Patient Room Completed ICRA ILSM Healthcare Market Big Room Planning on the Roper St. Francis Hospital project.

Notable Awards

Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center 2023 ENR MidAtlantic Award of Merit (Health Care Category)
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Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital Courtyard Photo by Dan Schwalm © 2024 HDR
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital 2025 AGC Build America Merit Award
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center 2021 ENR MidAtlantic Best Project Award
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Walter Jones Barton Malow Healthcare Market Leader

Walter Jones

Senior Director of Business Development

Walter Jones serves as Senior Director and Healthcare Market Leader at Barton Malow Builders. As a national leader, Walter brings extensive experience guiding clients through complex healthcare projects and programs across the country. His experience spans multiple project types and delivery methods, from inpatient to outpatient care facilities, and from CM-at-Risk to Public Private Partnerships. In alignment with Barton Malow’s long-term goal, Walter’s leadership strives to build innovative and trust-based solutions to overcome the productivity challenges in our industry and deliver value to our clients and communities. He leverages a broad network of industry relationships, best practices, and cutting-edge solutions to ensure healthcare project teams deliver results that meet the highest standards of performance.