AP has comprehensive experience in building and delivering behavioral health projects. We understand the appropriate healthcare construction practices, from anti-ligature requirements to state mandates. Patient safety has specific behavioral health requirements with various kinds of hardware to protect patients who may try to harm themselves, from suicide prevention doors in the bathrooms (cushioned doors that use hook and loop fasteners into the wall so no weight can be put on them) to anti-ligature hardware and specific types of screw requirements.
But perhaps the most critical tool we bring to this project is how well we know Acadia and its prototypes. It is a differentiator for us. AP has a long history of working with Acadia, which plans to increase the size of existing facilities.
Acadia has a five-year plan to double all of its beds across the United States, bringing its total to 22,000 beds. In 2023, AP completed Acadia’s Rio Vista Behavioral Health Hospital in El Paso, Texas. The Rio Vista hospital construction started around 2017 with 80 beds, and within just five years, there was a need for more. AP expanded the facility with another 52 beds in 2023.
