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Contracts
Signed With Construction Teams to Build New Homes for
Veterans
Goal
set for unprecedented amount of work to be done by
disabled veteran businesses
Sacramento
,
Calif.
– The California
Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) and the
Department of General Services (DGS) announced today
that contracts have been signed with Hensel Phelps
Construction of San Jose and Costa Mesa-based Clark
Design/Build of California to build two new Veterans
Homes in Fresno and Redding, California beginning in
Spring 2010.
The great news for the veterans of
California
and the communities of
Redding
and
Fresno
is that we can now proceed with the steps needed to
begin actual construction of these veterans homes,”
said Roger Brautigan, Secretary for the California
Department of Veterans Affairs. “We are also very
pleased with the anticipated level of participation
and opportunities for disabled veteran business
enterprises in these two major projects.”
Both contractors have committed to a goal of having at
least 10 percent of the work done by Disabled Veteran
Business Enterprises (DVBE), exceeding the 5 percent
goal established by the state for the projects; a
commitment to contracting with disabled veteran
businesses that has never been seen before in state
construction. The new homes will also be built
to meet the energy and environmental goals set by
Governor Schwarzenegger for all new construction of
state buildings. When completed, the facilities will
meet the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED New
Construction Certification, a standard that DGS has
achieved in the construction of 17 buildings with LEED
certification statewide.
“The veterans who have courageously served our
country deserve the very best when it comes to their
long-term care and I’m pleased that CalVet and DGS
are working to deliver the very best in these
homes,” said DGS Acting Director Ron Diedrich.
“I hope our veterans will be proud to live and
be cared for in homes built to the highest
construction standards that also will be models of
environmental stewardship in their communities.”
Hensel Phelps Construction Company will lead the
design-build team on the 239,000-square-foot, 300-bed
facility in
Fresno
while KMD Architects of San Francisco will be the
architect. In an effort to further expand the
state’s DVBE efforts, Hensel Phelps has committed to
a goal of exceeding the state’s original 5 percent
DVBE goal by an additional 10 percent bringing its
total subcontracts with disabled veteran businesses to
a 15 percent level.
The 127,000-square-foot, 150-bed facility in
Redding
will be delivered by the design-build team of Clark
Design/Build of California, Inc., along with
Pasadena-based Jacobs. Associate Architect SFCS,
Inc. of
Roanoke
,
Virginia
will serve as the project architect. Clark
Design/Build has also committed to a goal of an
additional 5 percent of its subcontracting with
disabled veteran businesses, which represents a goal
of more than $3.3 million in direct subcontractor
participation to the disabled veteran business
community.
The United States Department of Veteran Affairs is
contributing 60 percent of
the $246.7 million cost for both facilities in
the financing of these projects through their Veterans
Home Grant Program. The state’s 40 percent portion
is funded through a November 2009 bond sale.
Currently,
there are five Veterans Homes of
California
located in Yountville (
Napa
County
),
Barstow
(
San Bernardino
County
),
Chula Vista
(
San Diego
County
),
Lancaster
(
Los Angeles
County
) and
Ventura
(
Ventura
County
). One more veterans home is under construction
in
West Los Angeles
. The Veterans Homes of
California
offer residents differing levels of medical care
depending on the particular facility or campus. This
range of medical care provides continuity in the lives
of residents who can move from one level of care to
another when medically necessary. www.cdva.ca.gov/Homes/Default.asp
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