Nelson Healthcare Project Services

What Nelson Healthcare Project Services does

Nelson Healthcare Project Services (NelsonHPS) is a private healthcare-specialized project and construction management firm founded in 2010 by Bruce A. Nelson, a former VP of Healthcare at one of the world's largest healthcare contractors and a U.S. Air Force veteran. The firm operates exclusively in the healthcare construction market across Southern California, delivering program management, project management, construction management, general contracting, budgeting, and scheduling services to acute-care hospitals, surgery centers, long-term acute care facilities, academic medical centers, and the VA Healthcare System. Its work centers on OSHPD/HCAi-compliant renovation and expansion in occupied facilities, with documented capabilities including infection control containment (notably via the HCAi OPM-approved STARC Wall Systems' FireblockWall™), phased construction sequencing that preserves patient care, and coordination of multi-stakeholder regulatory submissions (OSHPD IOR, CDPH, USP-797/800).

The company is structured across three affiliated entities: NelsonHPS (construction management services), NelsonHC Inc. (general contracting, California License B #1034253), and NelsonHCS Inc. (SDVOSB general contracting for VA Healthcare System work, California License B C20 #1025484). Revenue is generated primarily through project-based professional service fees and per-project construction contracts, with pricing negotiated per engagement based on scope, complexity, and delivery model (Design-Build, Design-Assist, CM Multi-Prime). The firm employs approximately 20 named professionals spanning leadership, project managers, engineers, superintendents, an infection control supervisor, estimating, and administration across two offices (Irvine headquarters and San Diego regional office), supplemented by field crews and subcontractors on active jobs.

Customer concentration is anchored by major Southern California healthcare systems including Hoag, Scripps Health, Sharp Healthcare, Rady Children's, UCSD Medical Center, Prime Healthcare, KPC Healthcare, and Western University of Health Sciences, with documented repeat engagements spanning multiple departments and project types. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales and relationship-based business development, supported by professional project portfolio content marketing, LinkedIn presence, and industry conference participation.

Name

Nelson Healthcare Project Services

Legal name

Nelson Healthcare Project Services

Website

https://nelsonhps.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nelson Healthcare Project Services (NelsonHPS) provides program management, construction management, general contracting, and budgeting services exclusively to healthcare clients across Southern California, with offices in Irvine and San Diego.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Irvine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Construction Management Services: Program management, project management, and construction management oversight for healthcare clients. Revenue is generated through project-based professional service fees, typically structured as one-time engagements per project with scope covering preconstruction through completion.
2. General Contracting Services: General contracting services delivered through affiliated entities NelsonHC Inc. and NelsonHCS Inc. (SDVOSB). Revenue generated through construction contracts on a per-project basis, including both public (VA Healthcare System) and private sector healthcare projects.
3. Construction Budgeting & Scheduling: Budgeting and scheduling group creates accurate project budgets for clients' capital planning. Budgets based on historical finished project costs, current market trend pricing, and entire project lifecycle costs (hard costs, soft costs, and owner costs). Revenue from consulting/budgeting service fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Nelson Healthcare Project Services (NelsonHPS) is a full-service project and construction management firm specializing in healthcare construction across California. The company delivers program management, project management, construction management, general contracting, and construction budgeting services for public and private healthcare clients, including acute care hospitals, surgery centers, and long-term acute care facilities. Through three affiliated entities (NelsonHPS, NelsonHC Inc., and NelsonHCS Inc. SDVOSB), it also provides VA Healthcare System projects and Design-Build/CM Multi-Prime delivery.

Product overview

Nelson Healthcare Project Services operates as a full-service project and construction management firm specializing exclusively in the healthcare market, delivering highly technical healthcare projects in the public and private sectors across California. The company consists of three operating entities: NelsonHPS (Construction Management Services firm focused on program and project management leadership for healthcare clients), NelsonHC (General Contracting firm focused on Healthcare projects with a client-centric approach leveraging CM expertise), and NelsonHCS (Service-Disabled Small Business Enterprise/SDVOSB General Contracting firm focused on VA Healthcare System projects). The service portfolio includes General Contracting, Construction Management, Construction Budgeting, Program Management, and STARC Wall Systems' FireblockWall™ (an HCAI OPM approved fire-rated reusable modular wall system for infection control containment).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Construction Management Services Professional construction management services for healthcare clients, managing projects with reliable professional oversight while maintaining uninterrupted patient care across California.
• General Contracting Services General contracting services for healthcare projects, including Design-Build, Design-Assist, and CM Multi-Prime delivery models, delivered by the affiliated entity NelsonHC Inc.
• Program Management Program management services that facilitate the most complex healthcare construction projects, with the ability to analyze delivery models, lower overall costs, and minimize impact on hospital operations.
• Construction Budgeting & Scheduling Expert budget development for healthcare construction projects using historical finished project costs, current market trend pricing, and full lifecycle cost analysis (hard costs, soft costs, and owner costs) for capital planning.
• SDVOSB General Contracting for VA Healthcare Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) general contracting services for VA Healthcare System projects, delivered by the affiliated entity NelsonHCS Inc. to serve veteran medical facilities.
• STARC Wall Systems' FireblockWall™ HCAI OPM-approved, one-hour fire-rated reusable modular wall system for temporary infection containment in healthcare facilities, providing a clean, fast, quiet, and sustainable alternative to drywall construction and plastic sheeting; first deployed in Southern California at Sharp Healthcare.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hoag Hospital Emergency Department remained fully operational with over 100 patients per day during 18,000 SF expansion.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• DPR Construction: National technical builder with a major healthcare practice and named in NelsonHPS's leadership heritage. Comparable as a broad incumbent specializing in complex, occupied-environment construction including hospitals.
• Turner Construction Company: Largest U.S. healthcare construction firm and named in NelsonHPS's leadership background. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering full CM, GC, and design-build at national scale.
• McCarthy Building Companies: One of the largest U.S. healthcare builders, named as part of NelsonHPS leadership's heritage. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering both CM and GC across multiple industries, with healthcare as a major vertical.
• Walsh Group / Walsh Construction: National general contractor with a sizable healthcare construction practice. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for hospital system capital programs across multiple regions.

Direct peers

• Brasfield & Gorrie: Large private general contractor with a dedicated healthcare division delivering hospitals, surgery centers, and medical office buildings. Comparable to NelsonHPS in offering healthcare-focused CM and GC services to hospital systems.
• Gilbane Building Company: Family-owned construction firm with a strong healthcare practice and CM/GC delivery expertise. Comparable to NelsonHPS in serving hospital systems with both program management and general contracting capabilities.
• Robins & Morton: Privately held general contractor with one of the most concentrated healthcare construction practices in the U.S. Directly comparable to NelsonHPS as a healthcare-specialized builder delivering complex acute-care and specialty hospital projects.
• Hensel Phelps: Employee-owned builder with a dedicated healthcare market group delivering OSHPD-equivalent hospital and medical facility projects. Comparable to NelsonHPS in combining CM services with specialty healthcare construction expertise.
• Hoar Construction: Private healthcare-focused general contractor with significant hospital and medical facility experience across the southern U.S. Comparable to NelsonHPS in its healthcare-specialist positioning and project-based delivery model.

Regional players

• Sellen Construction: Pacific Northwest-based construction firm with a strong healthcare portfolio. Comparable as a regional player with deep healthcare specialization but geographically distinct from NelsonHPS's Southern California base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/NelsonHPS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nelson-morris
• Instagraminstagram.com/nelsonhps_

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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