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News
Fort Belvoir Community Hospital construction on track
April 29, 2009
By Jerry Rogers
Norfolk District Public Affairs
FORT BELVOIR, Va.—The Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Military Construction project is tracking well, said Col. Dionysios Anninos, Norfolk District commander, during a town hall meeting here April 27.
Anninos used the forum to update the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Project Delivery Team on the district's current missions, discuss expectations and progress on the Belvoir Hospital project, field questions from team members and praise their exceptional performance throughout this highly visible and complex project.
The Norfolk District commaner also emphasized that the critical focus for the hospital project is on quality.
"While it is important that we come in on time and within budget, the thing that the Soldiers and their families will remember and the thing that will stand out over time is the quality of the construction,"emphasized Anninos. In the end, he added, this is the most important mission. Our Soldiers and their families deserve a world-class facility and you are well on your way toward delivering a truly exceptional hospital.
Anninos is set to relinquish command of Norfolk District June 12. He will next command Gulf Region Central in Iraq.
Construction of the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital began Nov. 8, 2007, and is set for completion March 30, 2011. HDR/Dewberry Joint Venture designed the project and the construction contractor is Turner-Gilbane Joint Venture. The $806.9 million, 1.275,000 sq. ft. military construction project features a hospital complex with 120 in-patient beds, primary and specialty care clinics and 3,500 parking spaces.
The National Capitol Area active and retired military service members and their families will be the beneficiaries of the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, located just south of Washington D.C.
The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages the project's construction phase, which is on an accelerated timeline as mandated by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) authorization.
The Fort Belvoir Community Hospital will become part of an integrated health care network providing world-class medical services to the nation's wounded Warriors and their families. The hospital is one piece of a BRAC 2005 realignment designed to increase hospital and outpatient care to all service members and veterans. Other elements of the health care network include the realignment of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and the Naval National Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.