History

In 1977 Wayne Usiak completed the design of his first animal hospital and also served in the capacity of Construction Manager, bidding and scheduling all subcontracts and acting as site superintendent. In 1980 he designed the conversion of an historic carriage house to a specialty veterinary practice, winning his first Veterinary Economics design award.

In 1986 Wayne founded BDA Architecture, P.C. to specialize exclusively in the design of animal care facilities. Between 1986 - 1991, BDA completed the designs for over 50 veterinary facilities, winning two more Veterinary Economics design awards. In 1996, Architect/Partner Paul Gladysz joined the firm and in 1998, Wendy Wheeler was recruited, rising to Design Director/shareholder status in 2000.

In an effort to gain improved, consistent construction quality, BDA once again became involved in the construction side activities and, from 1992 – 1997, completed the design of over 150 additional veterinary facilities and constructed 15 using a contractor-partner. Five of these facilities received design awards, including the 1998 Hospital of the Year.

In 1997 we realized that true contractor quality commitment required “skin in the game”, so Wayne Usiak, Paul Gladysz and Sean Campbell formed CMP, Inc., our in-house construction division. Now, with construction company ownership, we could actually control project quality commitments. CMP has now constructed over 40 facilities in 15 states, ranging from 3,000 to 30,000 square feet. These include General Practice, Specialty/Referral, Emergency, Mixed Animal and Equine practices, as well as Animal Humane and boarding facilities.

BDA Architecture, P.C. has now completed over 500 Animal Care facilities in 42 states and 6 countries. We have been awarded over 25 national design awards including three Hospitals of the Year. Our in-house construction division, CMP, Inc., is the world’s only veterinary-exclusive contractor. Allow us to share our steady evolution as the world leader in Veterinary Architecture.