Mega Medical Center Coming to Fort Hood

FORT HOOD (REBusinessOnline.com) – The largest project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is currently underway.

The 947,000-sf replacement for the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center is in progress at Fort Hood in Killeen. The 72-acre site will include a six-story hospital tower, three outpatient clinics, ambulance garage, logistics building, central utility plant and three parking garages.

The $536 million project is scheduled for completion in July 2014, with operations to start the following year. Balfour Beatty-McCarthy is the designer and contractor.