How does an army hospital for veterans started with good intentions and targeted for completion in November 2016 end up $400 million over budget and almost three years late? The answer isn’t simple and the five-building Fort Bliss Hospital Replacement project in El Paso, Texas is complex. So the Defense Department's inspector general issued a timeline of the project and key entries on the timeline appear below. Some of the events mentioned in the timeline, such as the bankruptcy of the foundation pier drilling subcontractor and the replacement of the onsite project team leaders, appear in the related story about the report and the project. But the edited timeline also contains additional details about what occurred that may help explain what happens when mega-projects spin out of control. Note that the Army uses a color system—green, amber and red—to signal that an issue exists that could affect the operation or mission being carried out.