WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded contracts for the next two phases of the new medical center under construction in North Las Vegas.
“This construction project will ensure Nevada’s veterans continue to receive top-notch health care from VA,” said Acting VA Secretary Gordon H. Mansfield. “This area has one of the fastest rates of population growth for veterans in the country.”
The Phase II contract, for constructing foundations for the medical center and accompanying warehouse, was awarded to Whiting-Turner Construction Company, Las Vegas in the amount of $9,170,000. Completion of this phase is scheduled for June 2008.
VA awarded the Phase III contract in the amount of $47,800,000 to Clark Construction Group, LLC of Las Vegas for the design and construction of a new 100,000 square foot, 120-bed nursing home care unit which will be built adjacent to the future medical center. Completion of Phase III construction is scheduled for September 2009.
Phase IV construction on the main medical center is scheduled for completion in mid-2011.
In Nevada, VA operates two major health care systems -- the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System in Reno and the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System in Las Vegas. In fiscal year 2007, VA facilities in Nevada treated about 40,000 patients, accounting for more than 2,400 inpatient admissions and nearly 435,000 outpatient visits.
The current project is a result of VA’s Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) plan, which included the recommendation to construct a new VA medical center complex that would include a 90-bed inpatient hospital, 120-bed nursing home care unit, and a large outpatient clinic to meet future demand. Ground was broken for that facility in October 2006.
Funding necessary to support the contracts was authorized and appropriated in FY 2006.
