The Dept. of Veterans Affairs construction program has been hit with more criticism, this time from the Army Corps of Engineers, which says “a transformative change” is needed in how VA manages building major new hospitals. VA also needs additional funding from Congress by Sept. 30 to keep one troubled project going, a hospital under way in Aurora, Colo., whose costs have soared well beyond its initial estimate.
At VA’s request, the Corps reviewed the Colorado project and others in Las Vegas, New Orleans and Orlando—each of which had seen costs climb and had its completion dates delayed by more than a year.