There's a first time for everything! The VA Tampa New Bed Tower was the first US Army Corps of Engineers-managed VA design-build project from start to finish. Delivered through a design-build contract with Turner Construction and Page, the VA Tampa New Bed Tower (NBT) is approximately 220,000 square feet and boasts 96 medical surgical private patient rooms and 40 intensive care unit beds, as well as assorted support, education, and other service spaces. Join us and explore how the team harnessed their knowledge of and experience with the USACE and the VA Office of Construction and Facilities Management to develop best practices that save time and money. We'll walk through this team's distinctive process that embraces a unique partnering approach for issue resolution as well as fast-track programming and planning packages, prefabrication, energy conservation, and next-level quality control. Constructed on an active hospital campus, vehicular and pedestrian traffic was planned so that emergency and non-emergency hospital entrances were kept open during construction. During the pandemic and hurricane seasons, precautions were undertaken to keep patients safe and prevent construction debris from flying across the site and damaging surrounding buildings. And great delivery paves the way for great design by allocating maximum resources to where they matter most —patient care. Veterans receiving healthcare at the NBT deserve the highest quality care available from the moment they walk in the door. Good stewardship enables our team to explore the intersections of hospitality and healthcare, applying best practices from both to elevate the patient and caregiver experience. Generous windows allow healing natural daylight into the patient rooms, public spaces and provides intuitive wayfinding. The interior theme of the hospital draws from local seaside influences that are reflected in the palette of materials and textures used throughout the public areas and patient rooms. Core Competencies: Space Planning and Programming; Design; Computer Principles and Applications; Transition Planning; Construction Management; A-E Selection Process AIA Course Number: 2023.05.013 AIA CEU = 1 LU