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Improving Quality of Life Through Design

Values

Services

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Healthcare is What We Do

As a healthcare architecture firm, we provide a collaborative approach to designing and constructing healthcare facilities. We specialize in innovative solutions that meet the needs of our clients as they negotiate the unique and evolving challenges of the healthcare industry. We work with clients to create efficient, cost-effective, and safe healthcare facilities that are ideally suited to the communities they serve. 

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Team

Dennis Beyer
Architect
Evon Calabrese
Evidence-Based Design Lead
Shawn Fernandez
Office Manager
Michael Fisk
Designer
Alex Hill
Architect
Larz Hitchcock
Architect
Scot Jahn
Associate
Matt Kadyk
Architect
Kathy Kershaw
Associate
Teresa Kruse
Architect
Megan McKinnie
Designer
Seiha Oun
Designer
Meghan Panarella
Designer
Dan Salvey
Architect
Will Sloman
Designer
Uran Sokoli
Designer
Ben Stewart
Designer
Ben Taylor
Architect
Chuck Westerholm
Senior Planner

Culture

Clark/Kjos’s people are focused on how architecture can be a catalyst in the lives of our building’s users. We are motivated by the opportunity to create excellence, our collaborative teamwork environment, everyday challenges for authorship and responsibility, a healthy/sustainable architecture focus, partnering with health professionals to improve health outcomes, close client relationships, and our passionate, caring co-workers.

“A great place to grow in the field and healthcare architecture. Many opportunities to lead teams and good work/life balance.”

Glassdoor review

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Some specific ways we promote our values:

Learning Organization

  • Out-Of-Office Education Allowance
  • In-office education through monthly ‘brown-bags’ and Friday at 4 events
  • Monthly design pinups over pizza
  • Firm pays national professional association dues

Collaborative work-place

  • Mentoring program for all new employees
  • Weekly project team meetings
  • Integrated architect-interior design teams
  • Annual reviews & mid-year career lunch

Social Life at CKA

  • Monthly First Wednesday discussions
  • Friday at 4 events
  • Annual golf/disc golf tournament
  • Annual holiday party
  • Summer Family Picnic



CKA Professional Groups

  • LEAN Project Delivery
  • Revit Development Team
  • Green Team

Volunteer Events

  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Race for the Cure
  • Rose Haven Day Shelter

Opportunities


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Currently, we don’t have any open positions, but we encourage you to revisit our opportunities page in the future.


“Every tour I do, someone comments on the beauty of our hospital – and often seem surprised to see such detail in our rural facility.”

BETTY KOEHN

LCH FOUNDATION