VA Medical Center Phase 1
North Las Vegas, NV
The VA Medical Center Las Vegas provides complete medical services including ambulatory care, radiology, MRI, and nuclear medicine. The hospital also features a pharmacy, laboratories, diagnostic treatment clinics, and educational facilities.
The building consists of a multi-tiered steel frame structure with concrete over metal deck construction. The facility is sheathed in glass curtain wall, ribbon and punched windows, and masonry, and phenolic, and aluminum wall panels. The Center's three main entrances are highlighted by four-story glass curtain wall with skylight corridors connecting them. In the event of a natural disaster or loss of utility service, the hospital is equipped with emergency power, reserve water supplies, and waste water capacity to last four days.
QC Southwest, Inc. performed inspection services for the project including field compaction testing and reinforcing steel.