BSA LifeStructures
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| Formerly | BSA LifeStructures; BSA Design; Boyd, Soberiay and Associates |
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| Company type | Architecture Engineering |
| Industry | Health care Higher education Research |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Founder | Dwight Boyd, Richard Soberiay, Richard Radcliff, Don Altemeyer |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Tim Spence, Sam Jackson, Kenyon Worrell, Stephanie Peavler, Tim Bosche, Brian Moore, Kevin Token |
| Services | architecture, engineering, interior design, design and planning |
| Owner | Employee-Owned |
Number of employees | 225+ |
| Website | https://bsadesign.com |
BSA is an architectural and engineering firm headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The firm, founded in 1975, has six regional offices in the United States that include: Austin, Texas, Denver, Colorado, St. Louis, Missouri, Indianapolis, Indiana, Raleigh, North Carolina and Tampa, Florida.
Work
[edit]BSA focuses on architectural, engineering, design and planning services for the healthcare, research and higher education sectors. Tim Spence is the current CEO, taking the position in May 2023.[1] Sam Jackson is President. Tim Bosche serves as Chief Design Officer, Kenyon Worrell as Chief Operations Officer, Stephanie Peavler as Chief Financial Officer, and Brian Moore as Chief Marketing Officer. [2] The company is employee-owned, operating as an ESOP.
BSA ranked #10 in Modern Healthcare's 2025 Construction & Design Survey of Top Healthcare Architecture Firms.[3] The firm has also been named to Zweig Group's "Best Firms to Work For"[4] and "Hot Firms List".[5] Additionally, BSA was named Top Workplaces featured in USA TODAY in 2024 and 2025.
The firm has produced a podcast since 2023, called BSA By Design,[6] which is hosted by Moore.
One of the firm's Higher Education projects, the Wake Tech Education and Innovation Center, was named runner-up 2024 Green Globes Project of the Year.[7]
BSA is a member of the project leadership team for IU Health’s new downtown hospital, which will bring a next-generation acute-care adult hospital to Indiana. BSA, along with CSO and RATIO, formed a joint venture, CURIS Design, to blend architectural design, healthcare planning, and project management expertise into a single entity focused on delivering exceptional quality in healthcare design. [8] The Indianapolis Studio has completed work with Indiana University, Purdue University, the University of Notre Dame, Butler University, Indiana Biosciences Research Institute, Neurodiagnostic Institute, Eskenazi, Columbus Regional, Community Health Network, Ascension, and IU Health.
The Raleigh Studio has completed work with Wake Tech Community College, East Carolina University, the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), as well as WakeMed Health & Hospitals, UNC Rex Healthcare, and UNC Health. In St. Louis, the firm has completed work with Children's Mercy, Mercy Health, BJC Healthcare, Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System, Washington University (St. Louis) and Phelps Country Regional Medical Center. BSA's Austin Studio has completed work with Houston Methodist, the University of Texas at Austin, and Central Health.
On May 1, 2023, BSA acquired Carastro & Associates engineering firm in Tampa, Florida. [9]
References
[edit]- ^ SFP. "BSA Announces New Leadership". BSA. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ^ https://www.bsadesign.com/our-people/?department=executive-leadership
- ^ https://www.bsadesign.com/article/bsa-earns-record-breaking-modern-healthcare-ranking/
- ^ https://zweiggroup.com/products/2025-best-firms-to-work-for-award#year2025
- ^ https://zweiggroup.com/products/2025-hot-firm-award#year2025
- ^ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bsa-by-design/id1714614663
- ^ https://www.waketech.edu/post/wt-news-story/893263
- ^ https://www.curisdesign.net/
- ^ SFP. "BSA Completes Acquisition of Carastro & Associates". BSA. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
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