1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:07,810 --> 00:00:10,160 Tennessee Governor Bill Lee , National 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:12,600 Mayor John Cooper and other city 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,020 officials attended an alternate care 5 00:00:15,020 --> 00:00:17,187 site . Construction turn over ceremony 6 00:00:17,290 --> 00:00:19,650 at the Nashville General Hospital today . 7 00:00:20,110 --> 00:00:22,560 Army Corps of Engineers are teams 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,010 Doctor WEB This national general 9 00:00:28,310 --> 00:00:31,650 The local cooperation 10 00:00:32,910 --> 00:00:35,260 to pull this often to accomplish this 11 00:00:35,260 --> 00:00:39,080 in the midst of a pandemic and a 12 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,920 health crisis . Incredible opportunity 13 00:00:42,490 --> 00:00:45,440 for our community toe have this 14 00:00:45,570 --> 00:00:47,890 alternative overflow space . The U . S 15 00:00:47,890 --> 00:00:49,890 Army Corps of Engineers , Nashville 16 00:00:49,890 --> 00:00:51,946 District and its contractor , Turner 17 00:00:51,946 --> 00:00:53,668 Construction , turned over the 18 00:00:53,668 --> 00:00:55,890 completed construction of the alternate 19 00:00:55,890 --> 00:00:57,779 care cite at the National General 20 00:00:57,779 --> 00:00:59,557 Hospital to Tennessee and Metro 21 00:00:59,557 --> 00:01:01,779 Nashville officials . The facility will 22 00:01:01,779 --> 00:01:05,450 care for 67 covert 19 non acute 23 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,940 patients . Governor Li , National Mayor 24 00:01:07,940 --> 00:01:09,996 John Cooper and other city officials 25 00:01:10,020 --> 00:01:12,187 toured the facility , asking questions 26 00:01:12,187 --> 00:01:14,242 toe Army corps of engineer officials 27 00:01:14,242 --> 00:01:16,576 and National General Hospital directors . 28 00:01:16,576 --> 00:01:18,798 The project involved the demolition and 29 00:01:18,798 --> 00:01:20,798 renovation of the second and eighth 30 00:01:20,798 --> 00:01:22,742 floors of the hospital to create a 31 00:01:22,742 --> 00:01:24,576 functioning alternate parasite . 32 00:01:24,576 --> 00:01:26,298 Construction of barriers H vag 33 00:01:26,298 --> 00:01:28,409 modifications were made on the second 34 00:01:28,409 --> 00:01:30,576 floor to convert existing space into a 35 00:01:30,576 --> 00:01:32,798 site suitable to treat coed , non acute 36 00:01:32,798 --> 00:01:34,909 patients . The core received the work 37 00:01:34,909 --> 00:01:36,964 assignment from FEMA and awarded the 38 00:01:36,964 --> 00:01:39,400 contract on May 1st 2020 . The 39 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,940 construction cost is 7.2 million , and 40 00:01:41,940 --> 00:01:44,162 the new medical infrastructure consists 41 00:01:44,162 --> 00:01:46,800 of oxygen and nurse call systems . So 42 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:48,911 we have the actual team that provided 43 00:01:48,911 --> 00:01:51,133 the quality assurance and then ensuring 44 00:01:51,133 --> 00:01:53,022 the destruction . But we also had 45 00:01:53,022 --> 00:01:52,930 consistent support from the emergency 46 00:01:52,930 --> 00:01:55,090 management team with the MTV , which 47 00:01:55,090 --> 00:01:57,034 provides critical assets we needed 48 00:01:57,034 --> 00:01:59,146 throughout the project . They were on 49 00:01:59,146 --> 00:02:01,368 site also 24 hours a day . So we really 50 00:02:01,368 --> 00:02:03,479 appreciate that team just rotating in 51 00:02:03,479 --> 00:02:02,930 and out and providing that support we 52 00:02:02,930 --> 00:02:04,874 needed . Really everything that we 53 00:02:04,874 --> 00:02:06,874 asked for from the core from FEMA , 54 00:02:06,874 --> 00:02:08,819 from the state and from Turner was 55 00:02:08,819 --> 00:02:10,930 always provided to make sure we could 56 00:02:10,930 --> 00:02:10,690 maximise this mission , make it a 57 00:02:10,690 --> 00:02:12,912 priority and make it happen on time . U 58 00:02:12,912 --> 00:02:15,134 S Army Corps of Engineers Major General 59 00:02:15,134 --> 00:02:17,301 Robert F . Widow , junior commander of 60 00:02:17,301 --> 00:02:19,634 the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division , 61 00:02:19,634 --> 00:02:21,857 said the care facility is completed and 62 00:02:21,857 --> 00:02:24,079 ready for use , and the team did well . 63 00:02:24,079 --> 00:02:26,290 It's great to be here today with the 64 00:02:26,290 --> 00:02:28,790 governor and the mayor and CEO of 65 00:02:28,790 --> 00:02:31,940 Nashville General with the ashes in 66 00:02:31,940 --> 00:02:34,290 general from the great state of 67 00:02:34,300 --> 00:02:38,060 Tennessee and to show what 68 00:02:38,070 --> 00:02:40,260 great things can happen when we worked 69 00:02:40,260 --> 00:02:42,650 together at the federal , state and 70 00:02:42,650 --> 00:02:44,483 local level would have presented 71 00:02:44,483 --> 00:02:46,460 generally and Mayor Cooper and Dr 72 00:02:46,460 --> 00:02:49,120 Joseph Web National General CEO ah , 73 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,560 plaque to commemorate the project . I'd 74 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:53,393 like to point out that the great 75 00:02:53,393 --> 00:02:55,890 strength of the Corps of Engineers is 76 00:02:55,890 --> 00:02:58,680 our people . Nothing in this case are 77 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,030 Nashville District and all of their 78 00:03:02,030 --> 00:03:05,930 employees . I'm Mark Rankin , 79 00:03:05,930 --> 00:03:07,819 reporting for you Say is from the 80 00:03:07,819 --> 00:03:10,097 National General Hospital in Nashville , 81 00:03:10,097 --> 00:03:10,620 Tennessee .