The design-build team of Clark Construction Group and SmithGroup + HKS Joint Venture broke ground in August on the El Paso VA Health Care Center at Fort Bliss, Texas. The 492,000-sq-ft, six-story ambulatory care facility, on the William Beaumont Army Medical Center campus, is anticipated to complete in 2028.

The design team aims to embrace the natural landscape of El Paso with materials such as rock, stone and textured precast concrete. The building orientation provides views of the mountains, particularly from reception and waiting areas on four clinical floors. “We not only wanted to create a place that honored and served the veterans but also one that felt like it could only belong in this place and to serve the El Paso community,” says Brent Willson, director of federal health for HKS.