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title: Healthcare Design Knowledge Community | Tim Nichols
description: I knew from an early age that I wanted to be an architect. I had a desire to understand how things were engineered or put together and I loved to draw. As early as high school, I centered my electives around architecture-type classes. I never wanted to be anything else. Throughout my career, I’ve always valued personal relationships and sought opportunities to not only learn and grow myself, but also to help others develop. As the Practice Leader for Architecture with Array, I work to strengthen our project architects through mentoring and giving them the tools they need to grow in their career.
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# Welcome to our Knowledge Community
## Tim Nichols
I knew from an early age that I wanted to be an architect. I had a desire to understand how things were engineered or put together and I loved to draw. As early as high school, I centered my electives around architecture-type classes. I never wanted to be anything else. Throughout my career, I’ve always valued personal relationships and sought opportunities to not only learn and grow myself, but also to help others develop. As the Practice Leader for Architecture with Array, I work to strengthen our project architects through mentoring and giving them the tools they need to grow in their career.
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### Recent Posts
## [Leveraging Prefabrication to Save Time and Cost](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/leveraging-prefabrication-to-save-time-and-cost)
Posted by [Tim Nichols](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/tim-nichols) on Mar 27, 2023
[](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/leveraging-prefabrication-to-save-time-and-cost)
*Contributors to this article include Laura Jensen and David Artman, Principals at Array. *
Many healthcare projects face extreme budget fatigue with the economic challenges created by rising inflation..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/leveraging-prefabrication-to-save-time-and-cost)
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Topics: [prefabrication](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/prefabrication)
## ['Quality is not a Unidimensional Idea'](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/qa-at-array)
Posted by [Tim Nichols](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/tim-nichols) on Nov 14, 2018
[.jpg)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/qa-at-array)
“What sort of quality are we seeking here?” That’s the question marketing hall-of-famer Seth Godin contends [is most important when doing work](https://seths.blog/2017/06/thinking-clearly-about-quality/). Where some see quality as meeting specifications, others..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/qa-at-array)
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Topics: [QA Architecture](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/qa-architecture), [QC](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/qc), [performance metrics](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/performance-metrics)
## [Patient and Family Experience](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/patient-and-family-experience)
Posted by [Tim Nichols](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/tim-nichols) on Sep 12, 2017
[](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/patient-and-family-experience)
Being a hospital patient can be a stressful and scary experience for both patient and family. The patients find themselves pulled from their comfort zone and can easily feel separated from loved ones..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/patient-and-family-experience)
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Topics: [Healthcare Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare-design), [patient experience](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/patient-experience), [inpatient](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/inpatient)
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