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H E A LT H C A R E D E S I G N S H O W C A S E
REPLACEMENT HOSPITAL

Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center FORT HOOD, TEXAS
Submitted by: HKS Inc. DALLAS
Project category: New construction
Chief administrator: LTC Robert
Schultz
Firm: HKS Inc., www.hksinc.com
Design team: HKS Inc. (architect,
interior designer); Halff
Associates Inc. (civil engineer,
landscape architect); Cagley
& Associates (structural
engineer); Southland Industries
(mechanical and plumbing
engineer); M.C. Dean (electrical
engineer); Healthcare Graphics
Consulting (signage and
graphics consultant)
Photography: LaCasse Photography
Total building area (sq. ft.): 947,000
Construction cost/sq. ft.: $592
Total construction cost (excluding
land): $561 million
Completed: November 2015

Funded by the American

wetlands, lakes, vegetation, and

Recovery and Reinvestment Act,

wooded areas. Texas limestone,

the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical

in conjunction with precast

Center is intended to reinforce and

insulated panels incorporating

promote the mission of Fort Hood

thin brick, provides a cost-

medical care in providing world-

effective and appealing faÇade.

class healthcare in an innovative and

External sunshades are utilized in

modern healing environment.

conjunction with high-performance

The medical center's services,

glazing to maximize daylighting and

defined as portals of care, are clinic

borrowed light while minimizing

and hospital based. Clinic services

glare, internal heat load, and

contain primary and comprehensive

artificial lighting at perimeter

departments, encompassing primary

spaces. Rooftop gardens, terraces,

care, orthopedics, rehabilitation,

and vegetated roofs improve patient

women's outpatient services,

views, roof insulation, and the loads

emergency medicine, disability

on HVAC.

evaluation, outpatient surgery, and

Sustainable strategies include a

behavioral health clinics. Hospital

100 percent outside-air mechanical

service lines include the emergency

system, a high-performance building

department, diagnostic imaging and

envelope, and restoring the existing

surgical services for trauma, general

brownfield site. More than 30

surgery, orthopedic and cesarean

percent recycled materials and 57

section. Inpatient care includes 122

percent local materials were used

beds, intensive care, psychiatric care,

in the construction of the facility.

women's labor and delivery, women's

The project is seeking LEED-New

postpartum, neonatal intensive care,

Construction Gold certification.

and general medical and surgical
beds for adults and children.

The new hospital supports
"What Makes the Army Strong"

The design evokes Fort Hood

in providing the best medical care

pride-responding to local

possible. Army strong, soldier

geographical features including

strong, and family strong.

topography, natural materials, rock
formations, plateaus and ridges,
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