ABOUT THE VA MEDICAL CENTER
The Birmingham VA Medical Center is a 313-bed acute tertiary care facility located in the historic Southside district of the city. The facility provides acute tertiary medical and surgical care to veterans of Alabama and surrounding states.
The medical center serves as a referral center for this population area with 136 operating beds currently. Recent construction provides state-of-the-art facilities and equipment in all clinical programs. Care is provided in practically all medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties.
PROJECT DETAILS
Tecta America Southeast completed this project through a local general contractor, Coburn Contractors. Tecta America had communication with the general contractor from start to finish of the project.
There was a total of 21 roof sections in our scope of work to be torn off. The roof levels were torn off down to the concrete deck with a mixture of EPDM and modified bitumen roof systems over insulation or fiberboard.
Each roof can be accessed through hospital doors and windows. During the project 40′ ladders were used to access roof areas. Low parapet walls on a large portion of the project with a need for parapet safety railing systems.
PROJECT DETAILS
| Operating Unit: | Tecta America Southeast - Birmingham |
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| Client: | United States Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Project Type: | Re-Roof |
| Location: | Birmingham, AL |
| Square Footage: | 29,500 |
| Systems Installed: | Modified Bitumen applied in cold proccess |
