Best Project, Government/Public Building: Ardie R. Copas State Veterans Nursing Home
Named for a Vietnam veteran and Medal of Honor Recipient, the 25-acre, 121,000-sq-ft Ardie R. Copas State Veterans Nursing Home is designed to look and feel like home for Florida’s veterans, with two 60-bed neighborhoods offering a variety of services for 120 veterans.
A combination of reinforced concrete, structural steel and reinforced masonry, the structure features elevated mechanical rooms isolated from common areas and residential rooms, requiring extensive coordination to supply the self-sufficient facility’s long connector wings.