Veterans Administration

We performed cost estimating for the addition of a new linear accelerator at an existing VA Medical Center.

The Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program building at the Hershel “Woody” Williams VA Medical Center in Huntington provides residential rehabilitation and treatment services for veterans with various medical conditions, mental illness, addiction or psychosocial deficits.

CCS provided cost management for the 15-bed program building. This facility will treat veterans with mental health issues, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and alcohol or drug addiction.

Since 1903, the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center has served veterans in a 41-county area of Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky. Services are available to more than 170,000 veterans.

CCS provided cost management for a 93,910-square-foot addition to an existing parking structure to add a fourth and fifth level. The project included the construction of the elevator and stair towers, elevator equipment, security screening and the addition of an overhead walkway from the third level connecting to the adjacent building.

The Bronx VA Medical Center Spinal Cord Injury Patient Care Center specializes in general surgery, internal medicine, and physical medicine & rehabilitation. CCS was involved in a 120,000-square-foot, two-story addition with a partial basement to house mechanical and electrical equipment, in addition to penthouse mechanical rooms to house air handling units and fans. The project also included a new multilevel parking structure at the site to support the new facility.

The Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville is a tertiary care facility that is also an active teaching hospital with an extensive array of specialty services. The center combines a full range of patient care services with state-of-the-art technology, enhanced and supported through education and research.

CCS was involved in a 9,250-square-foot renovation of the existing space for 3D cardiology services. The interventional cardiology team works in close collaboration with cardiovascular imaging, electrophysiology, heart failure, cardiac rehab and cardiac surgery teams. It is highly regarded for its experience and expertise in complex interventional procedures, and is one of the highest volume programs within the VA systems.

The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MEDVAMC) has affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine since 1949. Today it is one of the VA’s largest hospitals, serving Harris County and 27 surrounding counties. Located on a 118-acre campus, the six-story granite building has four exterior sections and four atria that contain patio gardens, wheelchair basketball courts and a rehabilitation pool. Veterans from around the country receive referrals to MEDVAMC for specialized diagnostic care, radiation therapy, surgery and medical treatment, including cardiovascular surgery, ophthalmology, nuclear medicine, and treatment of spinal cord injury and diseases.

CCS was involved in a 50,000-square-foot, two-story vertical expansion and renovation of space in building 108 to house space for mental health care. Programs that will be in the new space include a mental health clinic trauma recovery program, Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom therapy programs and a telemedicine psychotherapy program.

Our work supported the renovation of the first floor with a new clinic on the second floor. Ancillary and support services are strategically located throughout the clinic, and the interior finishes are warm and welcoming, providing more of a hospitality environment. The project also included the expansion of a 200-car parking garage to add 400 new spaces, expandable to 1,200 spaces.

The VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS) serves more than 95,000 veterans and records 950,000 outpatient veteran visits each year in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

VAPORHCS consists of the main tertiary care medical center overlooking the city of Portland; the Vancouver Campus in Vancouver, Washington; and 10 outpatient clinics across central and northwest Oregon.

CCS performed a seismic study to mitigate the deterioration and failure of the facade on buildings 100 and 101 and brought them up to the current seismic code. Building 100 encompassed approximately 680,390 square feet and Building 101 represented approximately 129,690 square feet. CCS evaluated three exterior options.

The VA Caribbean Healthcare System provides services to a population of 150,000 veterans in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. CCS was involved in the replacement of the existing 200,000-gallon underground water storage with a new 1 million-gallon tank. This project allowed the facility to have a total reserve of 3 million gallons, a 10-day full capacity.

This project also involved hurricane hardening and the necessary replacement of components in the domestic water distribution system such as valves, backflow preventers, water tank level, tamper-proof devices and remote monitoring.

VA Connecticut encompasses an inpatient facility and ambulatory care center in West Haven; an ambulatory care center in Newington; and six primary care, community-based outpatient clinics. Each year, VA Connecticut participates in the education and training of more than 675 physicians and dentists. Affiliations with more than 150 additional schools allow VA Connecticut to train more than 685 students in allied health disciplines such as nursing, X-ray, pharmacy, physical/occupational therapy, social work, laboratory and nuclear medicine.

CCS provided scheduling services for a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant at the facility. Our work involved the construction of a new plant structure, demolition of the existing incinerator building (Building 19) and integration of the new CHP plant into the existing boiler and chiller plants and associated distribution lines.

The Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center is the tertiary hospital for VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System. It is a 1.2 million-square-foot campus, spread over 31 acres, providing veterans from the Colorado region with private inpatient rooms, new services and innovative care. Last year, the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System supported 1,033,000 outpatient healthcare visits.

CCS played a key role in this massive replacement facility on the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. The new hospital campus consists of a diagnostics treatment building (413,778 square feet), an inpatient building (344,857 square feet), an ambulatory building (401,652 square feet), an R&D space (140,000 square feet), a warehouse (56,700 square feet), a central plant (44,171 square feet) and an auditorium (9594 square feet). The project also included a 782,000-square-foot parking structure with a 2,100 car capacity and a 250-foot concourse/tunnel that connects the parking garages with the main building.