The Lake Nona VA Medical Center: A Haven for Florida's Veterans, in Construction Digital
As Discussed in Construction Digital, The Lake Nona VA Medical Center is the Country's First Veterans' Hospital to be Built in Nearly 20 Years
SAN DIEGO, CA, May 23, 2012
In a report in Construction Digital, Brasfield & Gorrie Vice President and Division Manager George Paulson discusses how the Lake Nona VA Medical Center will improve the surrounding community.The medical center is poised to bring a variety of benefits to the local community, including historical enterprise, as it is the first VA hospital to be built in the United States since 1995.
So far, the medical center is about 50% complete and is scheduled to wrap up construction next year. About $350 million worth of construction has been completed by contractor Brasfield & Gorrie in collaboration with electrical partner of choice Quinco Electrical.
As part of a larger development named Medical City, located adjacent to the University of Florida Medical School, the project will include a comprehensive range of facilities.
"What makes the project special is every service you could contemplate is housed in the hospital," explains Brasfield & Gorrie Vice President and Division Manager, George Paulson. "Any ailment that you could have can be fixed there."
Read the article here: http://www.constructiondigital.com/
About the Lake Nona VA Medical Center
The Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center at Lake Nona in Central Florida is a $665 million, state-of-the-art facility being constructed with the aim to provide the highest quality of healthcare and services to local veterans and their families.
When complete, the facility will increase accessibility to healthcare for approximately 400,000 of the 1.8 million veterans calling Florida home. As a self-contained medical center housing its own central energy plant, the Center will contain the most cutting-edge technologies and a wide range of offered services to enrich and improve the lives of its patients.
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