Project Details

Award Date: 09/03/2015
Completion Date: 01/30/2017
Final Contract Price: $80 million
Project Square Footage: 81,500 sq. ft.
VA Lease Team: Hong Hitchings, LCO/ Andy Lamendola, CAFM
Hamstra Builders, Inc. Team Lead: Eric Carlson, Project Manager

Project Description

The Joint Integrated Health Care Center (HCC) of Monterey was planned with input from leadership of both the VA and the DoD with the goal of improving quality, access, and efficiency of healthcare delivery for VA and DoD beneficiaries by pooling resources and eliminating administrative barriers. The facility was designed and built to satisfy the combined needs of 81,500 eligible beneficiaries in the greater Monterey Bay catchment area. With special care taken to align departments, utilizing preferred building blocking and stacking, and room template development, we achieved an efficient design that maximizes the space available while juggling multiple design changes during construction. As the first PACT model implemented in the nation, it has become the benchmark for how health care is delivered to Veterans throughout the nation.

Challenges during the process forced Hamstra Builders to step in and accept both roles of developer as well as General Contractor. With the building partly complete and design changes in the works, Hamstra Builders took control of the entire project and navigated the difficult process of reassigning contracts and contractor roles in order to bring the project to a smooth conclusion, all while attaining a LEED Gold Certification.