# BLOX

> BLOX is a Bessemer, Alabama company that builds hospitals the way Detroit builds cars. Using its own Design Manufacture Construct (DMC) method, BLOX engineers and fabricates complete medical modules - patient rooms, exam rooms, trauma centers, headwalls and bathrooms - inside a million-square-foot former railcar factory, then ships them across the country to be assembled on site. Founded in 2010 out of architecture firm GA Studio, BLOX has grown to roughly 600 employees and bills itself as the largest manufacturer of modular healthcare buildings in the United States.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** Bessemer, Alabama, United States
- **Founders:** Chris Giattina (CEO & Founder), Laura Donald (Co-Founder & COO)
- **Team size:** 600+ employees
- **Products:** Design Manufacture Construct (DMC), Modular Medical Modules, Turnkey Modular Healthcare Buildings, Rapidly Deployable Mobile ICUs
- **Notable:** Largest manufacturer of modular healthcare buildings in the United States, Grew from 15 employees to 600+ since founding in 2010, Reported 65% compounded annual growth rate year-over-year

## Products & services

- **Design Manufacture Construct (DMC)** — BLOX's integrated building delivery method that teaches architects and builders to leverage manufacturing productivity, with the stated goal of twice the quality at twice the speed and twice the value (2x2x2).
- **Modular Medical Modules** — Factory-built rooms and components for healthcare - patient rooms, exam rooms, trauma rooms, headwalls, bathrooms, labs and lobbies - engineered as repeatable products.
- **Turnkey Modular Healthcare Buildings** — Complete medical facilities including emergency departments, primary care clinics, inpatient rehab facilities and modular health centers, fabricated in Bessemer and assembled on site.
- **Rapidly Deployable Mobile ICUs** — During the COVID-19 pandemic BLOX developed mobile intensive care units that could be quickly built and deployed to expand hospital capacity.

## Achievements

- Largest manufacturer of modular healthcare buildings in the United States
- Grew from 15 employees to 600+ since founding in 2010
- Reported 65% compounded annual growth rate year-over-year
- Installed 10,000+ medical modules
- Pioneered and named the Design Manufacture Construct (DMC) methodology
- Operates 11 production lines delivering ~50 projects per year
- Developed rapidly deployable mobile ICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic

## Latest updates

- **2021-01** — Closed a $40M Series B round led by ASH Investment Partners to scale factory-built healthcare.
- **2020-03** — Developed rapidly deployable mobile ICUs from its Bessemer factory to help combat COVID-19.
- **2019-11** — CEO Chris Giattina presented BLOX's DMC method for healthcare construction at Autodesk University.

## Links

- Website: https://bloxbuilt.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blox
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BLOX_LLC
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/BLOX-457168391032298/

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Last updated: 2026-06-15