Architect of Record

The architect of record is the licensed professional whose stamp goes on your drawings and who is legally accountable for the design meeting code. They produce the permit set, coordinate with the engineers, and are the point of contact with the city on design questions. For a build-out, this is the person translating your practice needs into plans the city will approve and the contractor will build.

For healthcare, an architect who knows medical and dental design is a real asset. They understand operatory layouts, infection-control requirements, accessibility, and the inspection process, which keeps your project out of avoidable delays.

The right architect prevents expensive mistakes before they are built. For a practice, hire one with real healthcare design experience, because operatory layouts, infection control, and accessibility are easy to get wrong and costly to fix mid-construction. This is not the place to pick the cheapest option.

A dental group hires an architect who specializes in healthcare rather than a generalist. She lays out the operatories and sterilization flow to meet code the first time and anticipates the accessibility details, so the permit set clears review without a round of corrections.