HEALTH & RESILIENCE

Build Health International

Building equitable healthcare infrastructure

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Build Health International’s mission

Build Health International (BHI) designs, builds, and equips high-quality and sustainable healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries. They work with in-country partners to hire and train local builders and ensure that local people have sustained access to quality healthcare.

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Collaborating with Autodesk

Build Health International uses Autodesk technology to design and build facilities that provide high-quality care and can be operated and maintained in resource-constrained settings. BHI has also worked with Autodesk's pro bono consultants on marketing and storytelling. This has informed the marketing strategy and key stories included in their annual report.

Build Health International in action

  • Woman in a hospital waiting room with a baby on her back

    Saint Rock Hospital

    Winner of the AEC Excellence Award

    As the 2020 AEC Excellence Award Winner, BHI embodies what it means to build a better world with the Saint Rock Hospital project in rural Haiti.

    Image courtesy of Build Health International/Renato Kasai

  • Two employees look at a rendering on the computer

    Autodesk Foundation

    Autodesk technology and healthcare in Haiti

    Using Autodesk software, BHI is designing and building the Saint Rock Hospital project, a 13,600-square-foot primary care hospital in Haiti.

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  • Aerial view of a hospital in Haiti

    Autodesk News

    Better health through design and make

    BHI collaborated with The Living, a first of-its-kind Autodesk Studio, to improve building design for medical facilities.

    Image courtesy of Build Health International/Terry Sebastian

  • ENR Award of Excellence

    Engineering News-Record Award of Excellence

    Veteran contractor Jim Ansara wins 2022 ENR Award of Excellence for plowing through obstacles to build sustainable and resilient medical infrastructure.

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  • Microdesk

    Generative design in Sierra Leone

    With the help of Microdesk expert consultants, BHI utilizes a holistic BIM workflow that features comprehensive energy, daylighting, and solar analysis for a maternal healthcare facility in Sierra Leone.

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  • Microdesk

    Transforming health infrastructure

    BHI looks to BIM to provide the building performance analysis power needed to drive design decisions that meet health care and energy‑efficiency goals.

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