Tina Duncan is a partner and Director of Codes and Standards at HKS Architects in their Dallas office. Tina focuses on the technical aspects of healthcare design and understanding how regulatory requirements will affect the built environment. She has over 23 years of experience as an architect and healthcare planner which enabled her transition into the complex field of codes.  She is a board-certified healthcare architect (ACHA), chair of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health Codes and Standards committee, President of the Board of Directors of Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI), member of the FGI Health Guidelines Revision Committee, member of the International Code Council and NFPA, a certified building official, a certified accessibility reviewer, member of the Dallas AIA Codes and Standards committee and member of the North Texas Council of Governments. She also co-authored the American Society of Healthcare Engineering’s, Design and Construction of Hospitals Checklist, co-edited Planning, Design, and Construction of Health Care Facilities, 4th and 5th editions by JCR and served as the chair for Weather and Man-Made Event Resiliency within the FGI Emergency Conditions Committee.  She understands the importance of code and regulation compliance while looking beyond the immediate to seek a creative and appropriate solution using the underlying principles and intent.