Independent living, assisted living, and memory care facilities. Licensed, bonded, and insured general contractor since 2016.
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The senior living construction opportunity in Georgia and Florida isn't cyclical — it's demographic. These are the numbers that define the decade ahead for senior housing development.
"The people who will live here spent 40 years building this country. Build their home like you mean it."
— Bowser Construction GroupSenior living construction costs in Georgia and Florida run higher than standard multifamily due to accessibility requirements, commercial kitchen and dining infrastructure, and state licensing standards. These benchmarks reflect 2025–2026 market conditions.
Costs include accessible MEP infrastructure, commercial kitchen, life safety systems, and ADA compliance. Call (470) 230-3331 for project-specific budgets.
Ground-floor accessible units per FHA, ADA path of travel throughout, accessible parking, roll-in showers, grab bar blocking in every bathroom, and door hardware per ANSI A117.1. Documented per unit for state licensing inspection — not corrected as a punch list item.
Nurse call system rough-in and infrastructure in every unit, bathroom, and common area. Pull-cord or wireless pendant compatible. Coordinated with systems integrator before drywall close. State licensing requires call system documentation at certificate of occupancy.
Licensed commercial kitchen with Type I hood, fire suppression, NSF-compliant equipment infrastructure, and grease trap. Dining room designed for wheelchair accessibility with adequate turning radius. Separate dishroom and dry storage built to health department standards.
NFPA 101 Health Care or Residential Occupancy — determined by licensed bed count and state licensing category. Sprinkler throughout, addressable fire alarm, smoke compartmentalization, and horizontal exit design per occupancy classification. Fire marshal pre-submission review coordinated before construction start.
Activity room, fitness/wellness center, beauty salon, library/media room, outdoor courtyard with accessible walking paths, chapel or meditation space, and transportation loading area. Amenity mix matched to care level and competitive set in target submarket.
BCG delivers construction documentation packages formatted for Georgia DBHDD and Florida AHCA licensure applications — MEP as-builts, fire suppression certification, kitchen health inspection support, and ADA compliance documentation. We've been through the inspection process. We build for it.
Senior living construction is regulated at the state, county, and local level — with overlapping jurisdiction between building departments, health agencies, and fire marshals. BCG knows every authority that touches your project.
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities licenses Personal Care Homes and Assisted Living Communities. Construction must meet DBHDD physical plant standards before licensure inspection. BCG coordinates documentation requirements from pre-construction through CO.
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration licenses Assisted Living Facilities and Adult Family Care Homes. FBC 8th Edition governs construction. AHCA physical plant standards overlap with FBC accessibility requirements — BCG tracks both simultaneously from design through CO.
Health Care Occupancy (licensed beds 4+) vs. Residential Board and Care vs. Apartment Occupancy determines fire protection requirements. Wrong occupancy classification on construction documents delays licensing and CO. BCG verifies occupancy classification with the AHJ before permit submission.
ADA 2010 Standards, FHA Design Manual, and ANSI A117.1 each have different applicability rules for senior living. FHA applies to new construction of covered multi-family dwellings regardless of accessibility intent. BCG builds all three compliance frameworks into the construction documents — not resolved as a change order.
Send us the program, care level, and unit count. We'll deliver a hard cost budget — with licensure-compliant scope built in — within 48 hours.
Now scheduling senior living projects in GA & FL.
Georgia DBHDD distinguishes Personal Care Homes (PCH) and Assisted Living Communities (ALC) by bed count, staffing model, and services offered. PCHs with fewer than 25 beds have different physical plant requirements than ALCs. Both require construction documentation for licensure inspection. BCG builds to the applicable DBHDD physical plant standards from day one — which standard applies determines everything from bathroom configuration to nurse station placement.
NFPA 101 distinguishes Health Care Occupancy (Chapter 18/19), Residential Board and Care (Chapter 32/33), and Apartment Occupancy (Chapter 30) for senior living. The determining factors are the number of licensed beds, the level of supervision provided, and whether residents can self-preserve in an emergency. Wrong classification results in inadequate fire protection and failed licensure inspections. BCG confirms occupancy classification with the AHJ before permit submission and builds the correct fire protection scope from the start.
Memory care requires additional design elements beyond standard AL: secured perimeters with delayed egress hardware, circular or looping corridor layouts to reduce wandering distress, enhanced staff sight lines from nurse stations, sensory garden and outdoor wandering paths with secured boundaries, and reduced visual complexity in common areas. Memory care also typically requires higher staffing ratios — which means more break rooms, larger nurse stations, and additional staff infrastructure built into the program. BCG builds MC programs that pass state DBHDD and AHCA physical plant inspections.
BCG delivers a licensure documentation package alongside the standard Certificate of Occupancy package. This includes MEP as-built drawings, fire suppression certification, emergency call system test documentation, commercial kitchen health inspection support, ADA compliance documentation per unit, and the physical plant compliance checklist required by the applicable licensing agency. We coordinate with the state surveyor's visit schedule and have project managers present during inspections to respond to questions directly.
Yes — this is one of the most common senior living projects we handle. Renovations and expansions of licensed facilities require work performed without disrupting active residents and staff. BCG builds phased construction plans that isolate construction zones from occupied wings, maintain egress and fire separations throughout construction, and coordinate inspection milestones with the state licensing agency. Renovation work triggers ADA path-of-travel upgrades when renovation costs exceed 30% of building value — we assess this threshold before construction begins.
Metro Atlanta, North Georgia, and surrounding counties — independent living, assisted living, memory care, and CCRC campus construction.
Central Florida and the greater Orlando metro — senior living construction licensed under Florida AHCA and FBC standards.
