Col. Julie Balten, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, left, talks with Brig. Gen. Paul Owen, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander, during Owen’s Feb. 9 walk-through of Beverly Community Hospital to review early construction progress at the facility, including upgrades to a 17-bed wing in the facility for non-COVID patients and the conversion of a pre-operation waiting room to a COVID staging area through the addition of high-flow oxygen.