The facility is on track to become the first new full-service hospital in D.C. to achieve a minimum LEED Healthcare Silver certification.

Photo by Jeffrey Totaro, courtesy of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum

The project team encountered several unique challenges during the design and construction phases, including buried elements from a previously demolished structure, proximity to historic buildings and contaminated soils that forced integration of seismic requirements.

Special auger cast piles were installed for hospital sections located close to a Metrorail station, eliminating any risks to the transit facility’s structural stability.

The team also worked quickly to adapt site designs to accommodate utility connections to a future offsite microgrid cogeneration plant.