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the U . S . Army Corps of Engineers in

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support of FEMA and the state of

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California is hard at work .

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Constructing alternate care facilities

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in the Los Angeles area to facilities

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are currently under construction with

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tomb or looking to start work shortly ,

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we had to rapidly , uh , you know ,

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mobilize Who has support these

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hospitals that the urgent need was

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there on DSO . One thing about the

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corps of engineers is we can leverage

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across the entire enterprise , not just

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our district . Good example is we were

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able to leverage , uh , the , uh ,

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folks in Omaha district use that their

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contract vehicle , andi , that allowed

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us to rapidly get contracts in place

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rapidly . Uh , get the work going here

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at Beverly Hospital uses contractors

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are working with hospital officials to

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upgrade a 17 bed wing of the building

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to care for non covert patients . Crews

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are also working to convert a pre

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operation waiting room to a covert

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staging area with high flow oxygen . In

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collaboration with the state of

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California , we were able to procure

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oxygen under this contract on we're

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piping it up into two areas of the

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hospital hospital tow offer support for

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cove in 19 across town , an event is

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Health White Memorial Medical Center

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cruiser , erecting a temporary

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structure on the facilities grounds ,

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which will house 80 beds , freeing up

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space in the facility for covert

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patients . Alternate care facilities ,

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air temporary and are being constructed

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to assist hospitals and medical staff .

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Handle the influx of patients the

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pandemic has caused . We're looking

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forward to wrapping this up here in

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short order and allowing Beverly

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Hospital's performed . The services .

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Work is expected to be complete on

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Beverly and White Memorial hospitals by

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mid to late March , with the other two

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Ella facilities wrapping up shortly

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thereafter for the U . S Army Corps of

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Engineers Patrick Bloodgood .