DALLAS, Texas – Sabina Elias, RID, Assoc. AIA, has joined Ellerbe Becket’s Dallas office as a Medical Planner. She will assist internal teams and external customers in understanding short- and long-term facility and planning needs. Additional responsibilities include researching and developing state-of-the-art programming/planning processes.
“Sabina brings valuable planning experience and an exceptional skill set that will further enhance our rapidly expanding healthcare business,” said Dallas Managing Principal Stephen Bailey, AIA, NCARB, RIBA (International).
Elias comes to Ellerbe Becket from a Dallas-based architectural firm where she was a healthcare planner and interior designer. She brings a combined 12 years of industry experience in planning, interior design, interior architecture, healthcare architecture design, and project management. Five of those years included working internationally as an interior architecture designer and consultant. She focused on functional space planning and conceptual design for the renovation and new construction of a wide range of commercial facilities.
“Her breadth and depth of healthcare industry knowledge is a major asset for our customers and our firm,” said Bailey. “Her successes include healthcare facilities of all sizes as well as managing and producing multiple projects for institutional healthcare facilities. She can fit well into virtually any of our clients’ projects.”
Elias, who earned a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design degree from The University of Texas at Austin as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Delhi, India, is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Dallas Chapter and the Texas Society of Architects.
Ellerbe Becket, which marks its 100th anniversary in 2009, is a leading designer of healthcare, higher education, sports and workplace facilities, with several significant buildings in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and the state of Texas. The firm has served clients such as Texas Children’s Cancer Center & Hematology Service at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, East Texas Medical Center, CHRISTUS Spohn Health System and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Currently, Ellerbe Becket is working with the University of Oklahoma on its new Cancer Institute and on the new North Campus Expansion at The Methodist Hospital in Houston.
The firm’s tradition of award-winning project design and Texas roots continue to run deep, including the Smith Entrepreneurial Hall and Tucker Technology Building on the Texas Christian University campus in Fort Worth, and in Dallas – the Gerald J. Ford Stadium at Southern Methodist University and the landmark Reunion Tower.
An innovator since its founding in 1909, Ellerbe Becket is a global leader in architecture, engineering, interiors and construction services with office locations worldwide.
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