GOODWYN MILLS CAWOOD
Healthcare PORTFOLIO
Building Communities Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) is one of the largest architecture and engineering firms in the Southeast, with offices located throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Whether designing schools, parks, hospitals and other commercial developments, or providing clean water, safe streets and restoring resilient environments, GMC takes great pride in serving our communities through the transformative work we do. Every project is guided by the foundational concept that communities are built by people, not companies, and we strive to serve our communities with quality, integrity, creativity and care. One of the Southeast’s most comprehensive multi-disciplined firms, GMC is equipped to provide all the services associated with architecture; interior design; civil engineering; environmental services; landscape architecture; planning; transportation engineering; geotechnical engineering; mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering; coastal engineering; surveying; and disaster recovery.
Office Locations Alabama Andalusia Auburn Birmingham Daphne Dothan Eufaula Huntsville Mobile Mobile (USA Campus) Montgomery Vernon
Louisiana New Orleans
Florida Orlando Pensacola Sarasota Tampa
Tennessee Brentwood Nashville
Georgia Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Cartersville Duluth Savannah
North Carolina Charlotte South Carolina Charleston Columbia Conway Greenville Rock Hill
Firm Overview & Awards
75+
Years of Business
12
Disciplines
14
7
op Architecture Firm T 2025 ENR Texas and Southeast
30
700+
Current Offices in Southeast
Top Design Firms in the Southeast 2024 ENR Southeast
Professionals
18
op A/E Firms 2025 T Building Design + Construction Giants 400 Report
+$2B
Designed Annually
39
op 300 Architecture T Firms 2025 Architectural Record
2024 ENR Southeast Design Firm of the Year
4 Education Top Design Firms 2024 9 Top Sports Facility Architecture and AE Firms 2025 14 Top Design Firms 2024 25 Top University Architecture and AE Firms 2025 ENR Southeast
Building Design + Construction Giants 400 Report 2025
ENR Southeast
Building Design + Construction Giants 400
46 Top Outpatient Facilities Architecture & AE Firms 2025 71 Top MOBs & Dental Offices AE Firms 2025 73 Top Healthcare Architecture and AE Firms 2025 74 Top Hospital Facility Architecture & AE Firms 2025 Building Design + Construction Giants 400
Building Design + Construction Giants 400
Building Design + Construction Giants 400
Building Design + Construction Giants 400
Menu of Services
ARCHITECTURE
INTERIOR DESIGN
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
DISASTER RECOVERY
GIS
PLANNING
GEOTECHNICAL
MEP
TRANSPORTATION
SURVEY
Our Comprehensive Approach By having multiple disciplines under one roof, we are able to streamline communication, improve efficiency and enhance the quality of service to our clients. GMC’s integrated team provides a depth of expertise that allows us to capture the “big picture” and understand the details a project entails. Utilizing our comprehensive approach, we look at each project from many vantage points to identify creative solutions.
Healthcare Studio Services Acute Care Hospitals Academic Medical Centers/Research Ambulatory Surgery Centers Diagnostic Imaging Centers Master Planning Medical Office Buildings Outpatient Services Psychiatric Centers Specialty Hospitals Sports Medicine and Wellness Senior Living Facilities
Committed to creating exceptional patientcentered environments through thoughtful planning and high-quality design, GMC is a collaborative organization driven by a shared passion for building healthier, happier and more vibrant communities.
Valdosta, Georgia
South Georgia Medical Center
Strategic Facilities Master Planning Our primary objective is to align your entire real estate and facilities portfolio to support the evolutionary nature of healthcare and the strategic direction of your organization. Our services include market analysis, catchment, need, payor mix and services deployment in areas which the healthcare system serves or intends to serve. Based on market trends, change, Lean and Six Sigma operational efficiencies, existing facilities condition audits and competitive issues, we then make recommendations on service alignment and evolving your facilities.
Melbourne, Florida
Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center
Acute Care Hospitals Patients are the center of our process. We seek to understand the patient workflow and utilize process-led design. The results are consumer-driven solutions with an emphasis on positive patient experience, infection control, clinical efficiency and optimal patient flow. GMC’s clients include academic medical institutions, community-based, not-for-profit health systems, for-profit healthcare companies and rural healthcare entities. Our understanding of health departments, regulatory codes and guidelines is a key asset to ensuring your project is completed with quality assurance.
Dothan, Alabama
Southeast Health Emergency Room Additions and Renovations
Medical Office Buildings Medical Office Buildings (MOBs) play a vital role in today’s healthcare delivery system. GMC partners with developers, health systems and private practice physicians to design forward-thinking, non-traditional MOBs that align with evolving care models and respond to emerging treatment trends.
Franklin, Tennessee
Elite Sports Medicine Orthopedics + MPower Performance Training Facility
Ambulatory Surgery Centers Advancements in medical technology now allow more procedures to be safely performed in outpatient settings. Ambulatory Surgery Centers must be thoughtfully designed to support efficient workflows, operational flexibility, future expansion and the highest standards of safety and security while promoting comfort and ergonomics for both patients and staff.
Durham, North Carolina
Surgery Partners South Point Ambulatory Surgery Center
Freestanding Emergency Departments Freestanding Emergency Departments (FSEDs) offer cost-effective opportunities for rapid market expansion while improving patient throughput and access to care. GMC designs FSEDs to streamline treatment processes through optimized patient flow, admissions holding areas and split-flow care models that deliver appropriate acuity-based treatment. Integrated point-of-care testing and flexible treatment rooms ensure facilities remain adaptable to changing patient volumes and evolving healthcare demands.
Mobile, Alabama
USA Freestanding Emergency Department and Imaging Suite
Sports Medicine and Wellness By bringing together our healthcare and sports design specialty groups, GMC delivers innovative, cross-disciplinary solutions for a range of clients including higher education institutions to healthcare organizations. This integrated approach allows us to design environments that support performance, recovery and long-term wellness. Each space is thoughtfully planned to enhance clinical efficiency, optimize patient flow and integrate advanced technology, while creating environments that promote healing, rehabilitation and peak performance.
Montgomery, Alabama
Baptist Health OrthoNow
Academic Medical Facilities Academic Medical Teaching Facilities on higher education campuses must support integrated learning, research and patient care while preparing the next generation of healthcare professionals. GMC designs these environments to align clinical training spaces, simulation labs, classrooms and specialized treatment areas in ways that foster collaboration and hands-on experience. By optimizing space utilization and incorporating flexible, technology-enabled environments, we help institutions enhance teaching effectiveness, improve operational efficiency and adapt to evolving healthcare education and delivery models.
University of Louisiana Monroe
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)
Senior Living Senior Living Communities require thoughtful planning and design tailored to each level of care, from independent living and active adult environments to assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and continuing care retirement communities. GMC delivers comprehensive, multidisciplinary services that guide projects from concept through completion. Our team supports every phase of development, including land planning, permitting, infrastructure and building design, to create cohesive communities that provide a seamless continuum of care.
Nashville, Tennessee
Springboard Landings Intentional Living Community
Our Mission To create opportunities for our people and the people we serve to build communities that thrive.
GMC Culture GMC was founded on a commitment to community service and ethical principles, and we strive to maintain these values and extend our community presence beyond our role as a leader in the architecture and engineering industry. We place significant emphasis on involvement within our communities, not only to give back, but also to gain a true understanding of the community’s needs. GMC is involved in numerous civic and community organizations, on both the corporate level and through the individuals that make up our firm. Whether it’s through GMC’s Annual Building Communities Day of Service, supporting local community events or doing the work we do every day, our goal is betterment of the communities in which we live and work.
We believe in community, collaboration and using the power of creativity and hard work to make a difference - in our hearts, homes, city, nation and world. We believe in hope, progress, beauty, and big ideas. We believe that people like us, need us. We are not just an engineering firm. We are not just architects. We are artists, designers, thinkers, doers, makers, and storytellers dedicated to doing great work, for good. We partner with passionate and like-minded individuals, businesses, organizations, and causes that have aggressive hopes and goals for tomorrow and beyond. Dreaming big is the only way to make big dreams come true, and we know that our solutions can only be as great as the people we serve. Communities are built by people, not companies. And it is that foundational concept that drives how we approach every project, big or small. Because it’s the passion and drive of individuals that feeds the growth and development of what’s next. Together, we will be smart. We will be relevant. We will be meaningful. We will be kind, supportive, enthusiastic and – at the very least – the very best we can be. We are – and will continue to be – a collaborative organization driven by the power gmcnetwork.com of building better, happier, healthier, thriving communities. And we are committed to working with folks who share our vision for realizing their full potential, because we know that great engineering and architecture helps make communities better, for