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Army Medical Facilities Contract Goes to General Dynamics

FAIRFAX, Va. — A contract to support the U.S. Army Medical Department’s healthcare construction projects was awarded to General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of international contracting firm General Dynamics.

The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract is one of five granted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and includes modernization of Army medical facilities and the transition to newly constructed facilities. The projects are potentially valued at $409 million if all options are exercised.

The Army Corps of Engineers will manage the projects on behalf of the Army, including fixed hospitals, and medical centers overseen by the U.S. medical command, all dental facilities managed by the U.S. Medical Command, and all Armed Forces Veterinary Services supported by the U.S. Army Veterinary Command.

Projects performed at the U.S. Army facilities around the world will support healthcare construction for the 2010-2015 fiscal years, according to Zannie Smith, vice president of army solutions division for GDIT.

Smith says the company’s experience relocating, installing and upgrading large IT networks, furniture, medical equipment and interior design such as the Pentagon Restoration Program, will enable the company to efficiently transition, modernize and outfit other Army medical facilities.

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$503 Million Texas Project

FORT HOOD, Texas — A joint venture of Balfour Beatty Construction and McCarthy Building Co., both with offices in Dallas, was awarded a $503 million fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a 944,000-square-foot hospital to replace the 45-year-old Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood.

Designed by international architectural firm HKS Architects and Wingler & Sharp, Architects & Planners, Inc. of Wichita Falls, Texas, the hospital will include outpatient clinics, a logistics buildings, ambulance garage, and central utility plant. Construction using Building Information Modeling is expected to begin spring of 2011 on the project, and finish up May 2014.

Approximately $351 million from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will fund the new hospital. The current Darnall Army Medical Center has a shortage of operating rooms, according to news reports, and the Army believes the existing facility does not meet the behavioral health needs of its soldiers.

“Our team aims to create a world-class hospital environment that embodies the highest traditions of the Army, evokes the pride of Fort Hood, promotes evidence-based design, and is an environmentally sensitive place for healing and learning,” says Leon Blondin, division president for Balfour Beatty.

Architects have designed the replacement hospital to achieve LEED Gold. Read more about the project at http://www.balfourbeattymccarthy.com.

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Balfour Beatty, McCarthy Awarded $351 Million Texas Contract

FORT HOOD — A joint venture of Balfour Beatty Construction and McCarthy Building Co., both with offices in Dallas, was awarded a $503 million fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a 944,000-square-foot hospital to replace the 45-year-old Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood.

Architects have designed the replacement hospital to achieve LEED Gold. Read more about the project at http://www.balfourbeattymccarthy.com.

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Balfour Beatty, McCarthy Awarded $351 Million Texas Contract

Architects have designed the replacement hospital to achieve LEED Gold. Read more about the project at http://www.balfourbeattymccarthy.com.

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Navy Awards $394 Million Hospital Contract

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — The U.S. Navy awarded a $394 million contract for construction of a 500,000-square-foot, 67-bed hospital at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton near Oceanside to a joint venture of Clark Construction Group of Bethesda, Md. and McCarthy Building Co. of San Diego.

With planned modifications and options, the value of the construction contract could reach $351 million, according to reports.

Scheduled for completion in 2014, the multilevel facility will replace an existing naval hospital at the base’s O’Neill Lake. The new building will reportedly have five fewer beds but be 40,000 square feet larger than Camp Pendleton’s existing hospital, which was completed in 1974. Designed by HDR, Inc. of Pasadena, Calif., the new complex will be built with an emphasis on outpatient services.

A favorable bidding climate allowed the Navy to option in upwards of $57 million for hospital furnishings and equipment on the project, according to reports. Also included in the price tag was an unspecified amount to cover mitigation for environmental impact. The Navy will buy conservation banking credits for a program that is overseen by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The project is expected to employ between 700 and 1,000 workers daily during peak construction. The new hospital is being funded by the Pentagon’s portion of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Navy officials expect the old hospital to be converted to offices.

The hospital project will include construction of a central energy plant; a 1,500-space parking garage; and inpatient facilities, emergency and primary care departments, specialty clinics, and support spaces. Built on a 70-acre site, the new hospital will be constructed to California’s seismic safety standards.

Camp Pendleton’s hospital project is part of a $3 billion construction boom targeting the repairing or replacement of outdated facilities at military bases. The Pentagon says it received eight proposals for the project, according to reports.

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Ft. Belvoir Replacement Hospital Nears Completion

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Construction of an $807 million, 1.3 million-square-foot military hospital that will eventually replace DeWitt Army Community Hospital at Fort Belvoir has passed the two-thirds completion mark.

Scheduled to open in spring 2011, the 120-bed hospital is being built through an integrated design/bid/build procurement process. When completed, the facility will feature a combination of energy-efficient systems and therapeutic healing spaces for active-duty service members, retirees and their families.

Designers are targeting LEED Silver Certification status for Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, on which construction began in late 2007.

The project stems from a base realignment and closure directive to integrate many of the medical operations in the Washington, D.C., area onto two major campuses at Fort Belvoir and Bethesda, Md. The Fort Belvoir hospital will take over some of the services now offered at Walter Reed Army Medical Center; the rest will be rolled into the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Designed to flank a centralized inpatient unit, the Fort Belvoir hospital will house a 10-bed intensive care unit, a 10-bed behavioral health inpatient unit, 10 operating rooms, a cancer center, 30 ER exam rooms, a 12-window pharmacy, and numerous administrative, clinical and diagnostic offices and labs. The hospital’s main seven-story building will sit between outpatient facilities comprising more than 25 primary and specialty care clinics and parking garages on either side. The hospital grounds will also include a helipad, ambulance shelter, and dedicated central energy plant.

The swooped roofs of the hospital will collect rainwater into an irrigation system for a healing garden that patients can sit in or view from all waiting rooms. A green roof over the central portion of the hospital will reduce water runoff, as will a system of bioswales on the ground.

Architects used evidence-based health care design to create a therapeutic, family-centered facility. In addition to a site plan that integrates fully and partially enclosed outdoor courtyards, the hospital is divided into five nature-themed sections — river, eagle, sunrise, oak and meadow. Half of the hospital’s rooms face east and half face west, ensuring that patients are provided either morning or afternoon sunlight. Each room will have independent controls for temperature, lights and other patient amenities.

Kiosks throughout the hospital and parking garages will provide directions and intercoms so that patients can notify doctors of their arrival. The project also includes surface and garage parking for 2,600 vehicles.

Alexandria, Va.-based HDR, Fairfax, Va.-headquartered Dewberry and the US Army Corps of Engineers designed the hospital. Turner-Gilbane, a joint venture of Arlington, Va.-based Turner Construction Company and the Laurel, Md., office of Gilbane Building Company, is building the facility.

Ultimately, the medical campus will house several facilities, including a 248,000-square-foot transition complex, a 50,000-square-foot headquarters for the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command, a 23,000-square-foot dental clinic and a 37,000-square-foot child development center.

The $76 million transition facility will include room for 276 wounded troops, as well as a soldier and family assistance center and company and battalion headquarters.

Learn more about the project at http://www.belvoirnewvision.com.

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