FORT HOOD, TX-Work on the largest Department of Defense project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has begun.

The $534 million Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center has broken ground. The 947,000-square-foot facility will replace an existing 45-year old healthcare facility of the same name. Roughly $351 million of the design and construction budget is funded by stimulus funds.

The US Army Corps of Engineers, along with Health Facilities Planning Agency and Medical Command, awarded the design-build contract for the healthcare project to a joint venture comprised of Balfour Beatty Construction and McCarthy Building Companies, two of the largest healthcare builders in the nation. HKS Architects and Wingler & Sharp are serving as design partners.

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