Bernie Sublette, CHC

An Indianapolis native & Marine Corps veteran with 41 years of construction experience starting in the field as a Superintendent in the Texas construction market in the early 80’s before transitioning to a Project Management role. He returned home to Indianapolis in 1990. His focus continues to be on Healthcare Projects, Preconstruction & Prefabrication Initiatives. He led the charge for AECOM Hunt at the San Antonio Military Medical Center in 2008 as the onsite Preconstruction Manager at the new $800m hospital expansion project. Next move was to Dallas in 2010 as the Preconstruction Manager at the new $500m University of Texas Southwestern Hospital (UTSW) project, and subsequently assumed an onsite operations role there through 2014. He became the onsite Preconstruction Manager & initially the Project Executive at the new $250m Mount Carmel Hospital in Columbus, Ohio before being charged with the expansion of the Hunt healthcare portfolio. Next up was executive oversight of the preconstruction services at the new $1b McNair Hospital project for CHI Baylor St. Luke’s at the Texas Medical Center in Houston. Most recently tasked with helping pull together the deliverable for the conceptual phase of the new $3b IU Health Medical Center in Indianapolis and later charged with supporting the development of the modular & prefabrication practices for the IU Health Program. In conjunction with his preconstruction roles, Bernie oversaw the development and implementation of the prefabrication plans for the multi-trade utility tunnel MEP racks, patient room bathroom pods, headwalls, and several other single-trade prefabrication operations at the UTSW project in Dallas. The CHI Baylor St. Luke’s and Mount Carmel projects mentioned above had similar initiatives but added multi-trade corridor racking to the list of items prefabricated. Lean design and construction processes are his passion. His mission is share, help, educate, and advance the industry by implementing continuous improvement.