Healthcare

Partners Healthcare Systems is the largest healthcare organization in New England. The organization includes ten hospitals and clinics. These organizations operate and manage healthcare facilities totaling 13.8 million square feet of space. Partners had a corporate initiative to reduce the energy consumed and the waste generated by these operations through a program of conservation measures.

Under the BRAC directive, the DoD is streamlining its portfolio of installations to optimize their value, significantly reduce cost of ownership, and facilitate transformation, common operations, and shared business functions. BRAC combined with significant military construction (MILCON) projects created a more than $3 billion surge in construction of over 180 projects including 78 major facilities at four military installations in the San Antonio area.

The Fort Belvoir Community Hospital is a new facility designed to treat wounded soldiers and their families, and will shift nearly 19,000 workers to Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, VA. It is budgeted at $650 million and is being built in conjunction with the Army's program for BRAC with an overall completion date of 2010. The 1.2 million square foot hospital will be staffed and operated by the Army Medical Command.