SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Los Angeles has chosen Turner Construction Co. to build the $160 million, 216,000-square-foot Fort Irwin Replacement Hospital, located in San Bernardino. The hospital will provide tertiary care, emergency medicine and clinical support, and will take the place of the Weed Army Community Hospital.

A joint venture between Ellerbe Becket and RLF designed the property to achieve LEED Platinum certification. The project will also include a 9,000-square-foot renovation of the Mary Walker clinic and construction of a helipad, ambulance shelter, central utilities plant and photovoltaic farm, which will provide sustainable energy to the hospital and ancillary buildings.

“The Fort Irwin Replacement Hospital is a significant win for our company because it builds upon Turner’s outstanding reputation as the leading builder of premiere healthcare facilities for the government,” says Chris Jahrling, vice president and general manager of Turner’s federal services group in Washington, D.C. “We are excited and honored to partner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and contribute to its mission to provide world-class care to service members and their families.”

Turner, which is headquartered in New York City, completes $8 billion annually of construction. Recently, the company completed the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Virginia in a joint venture with Gilbane Building Co. Additionally, Turner has two more projects under construction: the Martin Army Community Hospital at Fort Benning, Georgia, and the Department of Veterans Affairs Denver Replacement Hospital in Aurora, Colorado, in a joint venture with the Kiewit Building Group.

— Savannah Duncan