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VA ANNOUNCES DESIGNERS OF NEW HOSPITAL IN
NEW ORLEANS -- The city of New Orleans is
helping
the VA acquire land for the new hospital.
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We have a news story and a VA press release.
Story here...
http://blog.nola.com/
times-picayune/2007/09/va_anno
unces_architects_for_ne.html
Story below:
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VA announces architects for new hospital
By Kate Moran
Staff writer
During a visit to New Orleans this morning, the secretary of the U.S.
Department of Veterans affairs announced that his agency had selected
three architecture firms to design the new, 200-bed hospital it plans to
build downtown.
Secretary Jim Nicholson said a team consisting of NBBJ of Columbus,
Ohio; Eskew+Dumez+Ripple of New Orleans; and Rozas-Ward of New Orleans
would draft plans for the new hospital.
Nicholson made the announcement during a morning press conference in
front of the old hospital on Perdido Street, which flooded during
Hurricane Katrina. He said the city of New Orleans, which is helping the
VA acquire land for the new hospital, might take over the shuttered
medical center and put it to a new use.
The new hospital will be located on 34 acres in downtown New Orleans
bounded by South Rocheblave Street, South Galvez Street, Tulane Avenue
and Canal Street.
Nicholson also said Friday that the veterans administration will open a
new imaging center on Perdido Street by the middle of November. Patients
who use the VA's six primary care clinics around the region will be able
to use the imaging center for CT scans and MRIs.
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VA press release here...
http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/
vap07/vap090707-1.htm
Press release below:
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VA Chooses Design Contractor for New Orleans
Medical Center
September 7, 2007
New Orleans – Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Jim Nicholson today
announced that a three-party venture will design the replacement VA
hospital for New Orleans, moving VA's vision for a state-of-the-art
medical complex closer to reality. Nicholson made the announcement while
visiting the Crescent City today.
Local New Orleans VA officials along with a team from VA headquarters
evaluated submissions from competing firms, selecting the successful
teams of NBBJ of Columbus, Ohio, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple of New Orleans and
Rozas-Ward Architects, also of New Orleans.
"These top firms, with both local and national experience in VA and
private medical facilities design, offer us promise for creative
approaches to a sparkling, next-generation health facility that will be
the pride of Southeast Louisiana veterans," Nicholson said.
The process of selecting an architectural and engineering firm follows
federal laws that provide for hiring based on demonstrated competence
and qualifications. Upon selection of an architectural and engineering
firm, VA will move to the second phase, a contractual agreement.
VA recently announced the preferred site for a Southeast Louisiana
medical center is a 34-acre tract bounded by South Rocheblave Street,
South Galvez Street, Tulane Avenue and Canal Street in downtown New
Orleans.
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Larry Scott --
