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U.S.
Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic/Cape Coral, Florida
Architect
HOK Group/Tampa, Florida
Owner
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, D.C.
Size/Cost
210,000 sf/$75 million
TLC Services
MEP/FP/Voice-Data/Security/Energy Modeling
The
new VA Outpatient Clinic in Cape Coral is designed to
meet the changing needs of veterans in the region. The
four-story clinic will provide state-of-the-art primary
and specialty care including dental and out-patient surgery,
mental health services, radiology and laboratory services.
The goal was to create a high quality heathcare environment
that minimizes operating costs and reduces energy consumption.
Early on, TLC provided energy modeling services that helped
drive the decisions that would affect the building’s
overall energy consumption. The resulting design incorporates
measures that will reduce energy consumption by 38.72%
compared with the average base case based on ASHRAE 90.1-2004
– significantly higher than the VA requirement of
30%. The building was designed to meet the VA’s Sustainable
Design and Energy Reduction manual and other VA guidelines.
Serving the clinic is the ground-level central plant featuring
three chillers, three cooling towers, one heat recovery
chiller and three boilers. The MEP and fire protection
systems are modular in design, allowing for the easy addition
of equipment to accommodate future building expansion.
And because the building is considered “mission critical,”
the project had to meet requirements for the VA Physical
Security Design Manual to protect against natural or man-made
disasters. The VA-owned clinic will replace the current
leased VA Clinic in Ft. Myers. |
