Construction Group Selected for Syracuse VA Medical Center Project
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is in the beginning stages of a $72 million plan to expand the Syracuse VA Medical Center Spinal Cord Injury/Disease Center in Syracuse, New York which will include the addition of more than 160,000 sq ft to the medical center as well as extensive renovations to the existing facilities.
The centerpiece of the project, the construction of a new, six-story, 30-bed, 140,000-sq-ft tower, will replace an existing structure onsite and provide operating rooms and space for spinal cord injury treatment. The cast-in-place concrete tower, designed by Syracuse-based project architects QPK Design, will feature a red-orange brick façade, matching the existing site architecture, as well as glass and glazing elements and custom metal panels. A roof terrace will sit on top of the tower, surrounded by an ornamental glass railing system and covered by a decorative metal panel canopy. Clark Construction of Bethesda, Maryland is serving as the project’s lead contractor.