David Nienhueser has focused on healthcare facility and strategic planning for more than 25 years, and as a former registered architect, David brings a wealth of experience to The Innova Group team. He approaches facility projects with the philosophy of utilizing existing assets before building new ones and encourages organizational leadership to plan with flexibility for the future. David’s clients appreciate his ability to produce realistic scenarios with strategic phasing to allow them to quickly narrow their sights on the most financially feasible projects.

Throughout his career, David has worked with healthcare organizations to develop master facilities plans, site development plans, functional space assessments, programming, and conceptual plans. Over the last 10 years, his focus has been on clinical capacity analyses, space forecasting, service alignment and redistribution, and operations planning. He also has vast service line–specific facility experience in Surgery, OB/NICU, Behavioral Health and ED unit design.