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- [Narrator] William
Beaumont Army Medical Center

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will be comprised of 10 operating rooms,

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and will have 30 specialty
clinics, to include:

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women's health services,
behavioral health,

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physical and occupational
therapy, gastroenterology,

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oncology, hematology, general
surgery, family medicine,

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vascular surgery, plastic
surgery, and more.

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Project will also include a full array of

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imaging services, inpatient
and outpatient pharmacy,

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laboratory, patient
administration, logistics,

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dining facility, administration,
and limited retail.

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Project additionally
supports 15 graduate medical

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education, nursing, and
enlisted training programs.

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- Hi, can you tell me your name,

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and what you do?

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- My name is Brad Hartell, I'm the

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construction manager for
the Fort Bliss Replacement

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Hospital Project.

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- Okay, and why did DOD decide
to replace the old hospital?

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- The existing William
Beaumont hospital is over

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40 years old, it's on a
constrained site, separate from

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Fort Bliss Proper.

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So, the desire was to get
a new medical complex,

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with the capacity, the appropriate

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capacity for the amount
of soldiers on base,

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closer to the solder
and family population.

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- Okay, and what will set
this one apart from other

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hospitals in the country?

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- So this is a world-class
medical facility complex.

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It has the capability
to serve both inpatient

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and outpatient.

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It, for that reason, it's very

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efficient for the soldiers
and their families.

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It is just a fabulous,
fine, complex that's

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going to be delivered here.

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- Okay, and what are some
of the biggest challenges

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you've faced along the
way with the project?

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And then, how have you
been able to overcome them?

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- So, a facility like
this, within the government

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is considered what we call a mega project.

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It is so huge, that that's why
it gets that classification.

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And with that comes complexity,
because of the size.

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Additionally, because it
is a medical facility,

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there's significant
complexities with regards in

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design and construction
associated with that.

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So throughout the life of
the project, we have had

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design revisions that
the team has determined

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we needed to incorporate to
make sure that we got the

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facility right.

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You know, the project delivery
team was very committed,

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has been very committed
and worked together

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to overcome those challenges.

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- Okay, do you have any
final remarks that you want

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to let our audience know
about the Fort Bliss

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Replacement Project?

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- So again, there's been
just a tremendous amount

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of effort put into this project.

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We've have a great team of professionals

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working on it, and
tradesmen working on it.

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The motto of our team has
always been "one team,

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"one mission, building a
world-class medical hospital

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"complex for our soldiers and families."

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So we have just always
maintained that focus.

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Delivering a high-quality
product for our families

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and soldiers.

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- Okay.

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- And I'm proud to be
part of this project.

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- Awesome, well thank you so much Brad

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for taking the time to
discuss the William Beaumont

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Fort Bliss Replacement Hospital Project.

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And I know the community is
looking forward to seeing

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this final product.

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