Hoar Construction announced today the completion of a 144,000-square-foot U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) mental health clinic in Temple Terrace, Florida just north of Tampa. Cullinan Properties, Leo A Daly, and Hoar Construction were selected by the General Services Administration (GSA) as the project team on the $100 million project, which broke ground in Q4 2021. The clinic is currently under an activation period to hire and train staff, and the first patients will be seen in January of 2024.
The two-story facility sits on almost 20 acres of land and is a consolidation project to bring together services from three local hospitals into one location. The clinic was designed with direct input from patients and clinicians, taking into consideration the unique needs of veterans. The building includes 60 patient rooms, a two-story 100,000 square foot Clinic with 265 consult rooms, an activities courtyard with a basketball court, walkways, a garden shed and planters, a full-service kitchen and dining room and a social activities room with a residential kitchen for patients to practice life skills. The facility has a Green Globes rating of two globes, which is above the one-globe requirement of all VA facilities and measures the environmental sustainability, health and wellness of commercial real estate projects.
“Given our history and prior engagements with the Department of Veterans Affairs, this project was the ideal addition to our growing portfolio of work in the Tampa market as we plant our flag in the region,” said Kerry Hendricks, senior project manager at Hoar. “This mental health clinic will have a monumental impact on our nation’s veterans, and I could not be more proud of our team for the hard work they put into ensuring this project was completed on time and at a level of care and quality that these patients deserve. We look forward to completing more meaningful projects across the market.”
During construction, Hoar used Building Information Modeling (BIM) to save valuable time and money for the installation of overhead mechanical, electrical and plumbing components. At the beginning of the project, Hoar also provided value engineering services that saved the clients over $750,000, and selected alternatives for light fixtures that saved an additional $100,000. The team credits much of their cost savings to early procurement of flooring materials and other major equipment, which were subject to major cost escalations from the time of initial project planning to the completion two years later.
Hoar managed to keep the project on schedule throughout supply chain issues and weather setbacks, which is also attributed to early procurement of materials and the team’s ability to pivot to alternate materials when needed to avoid delays. In September of 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall just 100 miles from the project site, costing one week of construction time. Despite this and additional weather-related challenges, Hoar was still able to deliver the clinic two weeks ahead of schedule.
Hoar announced the opening of its Tampa office this month, led by Project Executive Matt Valentine. Hoar formally established itself in Florida with the opening of its Orlando office in 1998, but has worked on projects in the state dating back to the 1960s. Within the Tampa market, Hoar is currently building Cordelia, a 12-story luxury multifamily and retail development in the 14-acre Quay Sarasota district. The firm also recently built a $30 million VA mental health clinic in Birmingham, Alabama.
Cullinan Properties Ltd is serving as developer of the mental health clinic, with LEO A DALY providing architectural, interior design and MEP services.
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