Chris Hopper
& Scott Hansma
Skanska USA Building
26100 American Drive
Suite 100
Southfield, MI 48034
248-936-6346
www.skanska.com

Phone +1 937 436 3647 x 415
Chris.hopper@skanska.com

Biography:
Chris Hopper - Project Executive Chris has 12 years experience in construction and 11 in the healthcare
construction industry. He has supervised over $500 million of healthcare construction projects
including recently completed the 484,000 square foot Southeast Addition at Miami Valley
Hospital in Dayton, Ohio and is currently working on a 200,000 square foot Bed Expansion at
Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville, Ohio. Chris traveled to London twice to study the
prefabrication techniques on The Bart’s and Royal London Hospitals Projects.

Scott Hansma - Senior MEP Superintendent

Scott has 11 years of experience in the healthcare construction industry. Scott’s role on any project is to work closely with the team to ensure all systems are planned, installed and operate as intended at project completion. He maintains excellent relationships with healthcare mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) designers, subcontractors and vendors.

Presentation Title: Design, Construct Deliver: Innovation for an Evolving Economy

Synopsis:

As engineers, designers and constructors we need to push ourselves to identify innovative processes and creative solutions. Communication and problem solving can be greatly enhanced with a Building Information Modeling (BIM) platform that is shared among a project’s many stakeholders. This tool, along with prefabrication, were most recently utilized on the Miami Valley Hospital new Southeast Addition to help the team define aspects of the project which were modular, repeatable, and emphasized flexibility to adapt to the future. The end results were savings recognized in schedule, labor, material, the reduction of waste, and a heightened level of quality. This wasn’t a process of invention, but of innovation. Research, teamwork, and thoughtfulness led the process. Open-mindedness, a willingness to listen to, and share between stakeholders facilitated the ability to learn from the lessons of others.