THE LARGEST VA
MEDICAL COMPLEX

Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Houston, Texas

At 1.5 million square feet, this largest-ever medical complex built by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Houston's reknown medical center area serves the in- and outpatient health needs of veterans in a multiple-state region.

We provided all structural, civil and traffic engineering design for the 118-acre site. Traffic services included a campus traffic access, circulation and parking master plan, and design of all on-campus thoroughfares, parking lots, traffic entrance controls and loading dock facilities. The design included special paving materials, drive-up entrances for three outpatient entrances and a METRO bus facility at the main entrance.

In response to the VA's desire to fully integrate the structural, MEP and special systems of the main building in an interstitial zone above each ceiling, we developed an innovative new structural system that used upset steel haunch girders that allowed the floor-to-floor heights to be minimized and provided an economical structure.

The construction cost for this award-winning project was $250 million.

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Civil Engineering
Structural Engineering
Traffic Engineering
DeBakey Veterans Affairs Hospital