July 4, 2013: Topping Out of Fort Hood Design-Build Project Is Celebrated
Medical Center’s Design-Build Process to Remove Two Years from Construction Timeline
DALLAS — The Balfour Beatty/McCarthy joint venture, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Health Facilities Planning Agency (HFPA), and Medical Command (MEDCOM) celebrated the official topping out for the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Replacement at Fort Hood, Texas. At $536 million, the medical center replacement is the largest project to date funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and is the largest design-build project in the Department of Defense’s (DOD) medical construction.
Balfour Beatty/McCarthy is a joint venture of Balfour Beatty Construction and McCarthy Building Companies Inc. formed to provide design-build services for the Fort Hood Replacement Hospital project. The team includes HKS Architects and Wingler & Sharp as design partners and Southland Industries/M.C. Dean for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) services.