Exterior south side of the Fort Irwin Weed Army Community

Exterior south side of the Fort Irwin Weed Army Community Hospital taken Nov 22. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District is constructing the new hospital project that consists of a 216,000 square foot hospital facility which will provide Soldier and family patient care, emergency medicine, and a wide variety of clinical support. Additionally, the project includes a 9,000-square-foot renovation of the Mary E. Walker Center and construction of a helipad, ambulance shelter, and central utilities plant. The facility stands to be LEED Platinum, net-zero, carbon-neutral hospital that will generate all of its energy needs from solar power and renewable energy systems
The project is more than 80 percent complete and reached a new construction milestone with the connection of power from the local utilities provider to the project site.