JV AWARDED CONTRACT FOR $334 ARMY REPLACEMENT HOSPITAL

FORT RILEY, KAN. — The Kansas City District of the Army Corps of Engineers has selected the joint venture team of Balfour Beatty Construction and Walton Construction to provide preconstruction services for a replacement hospital at Fort Riley. The new $334 million facility will replace Irwin Army Community Hospital, which was constructed 50 years ago to provide medical services for the base. The new project consists of a 263,000-square-foot hospital, a 289,000-square-foot clinic, a central energy plant, an ambulance garage and support facilities. The project will be applying for LEED-Silver certification. The project will break ground in the fall and is scheduled for completion in 2012. The project architects are Leo A Daly and RLF. The preconstruction contract with Balfour Beatty and Walton includes an option to award the venture the construction services contract, which will be decided in September.