A federal judge has ruled against HKS in a hospital design error dispute and awarded $3.3 million in damages.
The case involves HKS, the architecture firm named in the ENR report, and centers on liability for the design error.
The ruling was issued in federal court and published by Engineering News-Record on Oct. 8, 2026.
The source describes the judge’s language as blunt in assessing liability, but does not provide additional details of the hospital, the defect, or the parties beyond HKS.
The report was published by Engineering News-Record, which identified the decision and the damages amount.
