HGA Hires Joey A. Kragelund as Associate Vice President and Healthcare Principal
Los Angeles, CA – August 18, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — HGA Architects and Engineers (HGA) has hired Joey A. Kragelund, AIA, as associate vice president and principal of Healthcare Design in the Los Angeles office. He will focus on client relations and new business development for HGA’s growing Healthcare Practice Group.
“Joey has extensive experience in managing healthcare projects for a variety of clients in southern California,” said Michael Ross, FAIA, vice president of HGA in Los Angeles. “He understands the issues transforming healthcare design today, and he is particularly knowledgeable of evolving healthcare delivery methods and costs impacting the healthcare industry. He has a strong background in design and project management. He is a flexible manager who encourages team members to explore new ideas and innovations. He works collaboratively with clients to find solutions that reinforce their operations and care-delivery process. Joey will fulfill a vital link between our project team, the owner, contractors, and business development initiatives.”
Kragelund has more than 20 years architectural experience focusing on healthcare design, with added expertise in civic, federal, science/technology, and K-12 work.
He currently is working on the Healthcare and Housing Facility for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which is a Design Build project upgrading healthcare facilities for state prisoners in Stockton, California.
Before joining HGA, he was a principal with HMC Architects in Los Angeles since 2003. His healthcare work included campus planning and programming, renovations, additions, and new construction on a variety of project scales for Martin Luther King, Jr. Medical Center, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, among other leading healthcare providers.
Kragelund was raised in Nebraska, where he developed an interest in design and drawing in high school. Since his first professional position with HDR Architecture in Omaha, he has continued to find inspiration in researching solutions to complex building projects.
“I like the variety of design challenges and collaborative team process to develop creative solutions in the owner’s best interest,” Kragelund said.
He similarly chose HGA because of the firm’s diverse design portfolio and professional challenges.
“HGA has strong design expertise across disciplines,” Kragelund added. “The firm’s passion for design excellence, collaboration and innovation leads to inspired architecture that is sustainable, lean, and operationally efficient. HGA focuses on a well-organized design process with client investment at every stage of development. This ultimately leads to a successful project because the client has ownership of the solution.”
Kragelund has a degree in Architectural Technologies from the Phoenix Institute of Technology in Arizona. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and a past board member of the AIA-Pasadena Foothill Chapter. He is a licensed architect in the State of California.
About HGA Architects and Engineers
HGA is an integrated architecture, engineering and planning firm that helps prepare its clients for the future. With offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento, California; Minneapolis and Rochester, Minnesota; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Washington DC, the nationally recognized firm has developed expertise in the healthcare, corporate, arts, community, higher education, and science/technology industries since 1953. HGA’s culture for interdisciplinary collaboration, knowledge sharing and design investiga¬tion enables its clients to achieve success with responsive, innovative and sustainable design. Visit www.HGA.com or follow the firm on Facebook or Twitter.
