With more than 38 years of experience, Doug Clay serves as IPD’s Vice-President of Healthcare & Life Sciences. He has designed, managed, and overseen a wide range of projects throughout New York State, with a specialty in healthcare and medical facilities, including hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, urgent care facilities, cancer centers, nursing homes, and other outpatient facilities. As a Project Manager and Senior Engineer, Doug ensures quality control, code compliance, and effective coordination with architects, owners, consultants, and regulatory authorities, delivering projects that meet the goals and expectations of both healthcare systems and their clients.

Doug is highly skilled at analyzing complex challenges and providing functional, creative solutions that enhance building performance, longevity, and energy efficiency. He has extensive experience conducting feasibility studies, troubleshooting existing systems, and preparing pre-construction compliance analyses for multi-million-dollar projects. In addition to healthcare, Doug brings significant expertise in higher education projects, having worked across the SUNY system and other institutions including SUNY Cortland, SUNY Broome, SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Elmira College, Cornell University, Ithaca College, and the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. His higher education work spans academic buildings, athletic facilities, libraries, laboratories, and student life spaces, often involving complex renovations, system upgrades, and sustainability-focused improvements.