Construction of the Base Realignment and Closure project to expand Brooke Army Medical Center progressed as the structural steel frame of the hospital’s seven-story addition was completed with a topping out.

Work is under way at the Brooke Army Medical Center, where a seven-story addition recently topped out.
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Work is under way at the Brooke Army Medical Center, where a seven-story addition recently topped out.

Slated for a 2011 opening, the project focus now has shifted to exterior walls, plumbing and electrical components. The addition will expand BAMC by approximately 760,000 sq ft, and include a Level 1 trauma center, operating rooms, clinical and administrative space and an extension of BAMC’s burn center.