WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a $38.3 million contract to the Walsh Construction Company of Chicago to construct an Ambulatory Care Center for the VA Pittsburgh Health Care System.
The project will provide outpatient services at the H.J. Heinz Division in a two-story, 117,000-square-foot structure, with a connecting corridor to the existing community living center. The new facility will provide primary care, physical rehabilitation, audiology, dental care, outpatient pharmacy and patient education.
The construction contract also provides for the renovation of the community living center, demolition of two other buildings, site excavation and grading, construction of new roads, parking lots and walks, and landscaping.
The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System serves the Veteran population throughout the tri-state area of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
Last year, VA spent nearly $3.3 billion on behalf of the Commonwealth’s
1 million Veterans. VA operates 10 major medical centers in Pennsylvania, nearly 40 outpatient clinics and four national cemeteries.
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