WEBVTT 00:00.140 --> 00:03.150 It's okay . 00:06.740 --> 00:07.740 Yeah . 00:11.540 --> 00:15.520 Hello everybody . I'm standing 00:15.520 --> 00:17.750 here today in what used to be a parking 00:17.750 --> 00:20.010 lot . And this is in White Memorial 00:20.010 --> 00:23.140 Hospital in Los Angeles . So , on 00:23.150 --> 00:26.040 december 31st , we got a call and we 00:26.040 --> 00:28.207 got to ask to help out the city of Los 00:28.207 --> 00:32.070 Angeles in assessing several uh , sites 00:32.070 --> 00:34.292 that they were considering to help deal 00:34.292 --> 00:36.810 with the increase response to covid . 00:36.820 --> 00:40.100 So we're here about three months later , 00:40.100 --> 00:42.267 not quite three months later . And I'm 00:42.267 --> 00:44.322 proud to be sitting in this facility 00:44.322 --> 00:46.710 where we went from assessing 12 sites 00:46.720 --> 00:49.070 to conducting detailed engineering 00:49.070 --> 00:52.500 assessments of seven sites . We awarded 00:52.500 --> 00:55.010 contracts for three sites that are in 00:55.010 --> 00:57.066 construction right now . And this is 00:57.066 --> 00:58.843 one of those sites And a pretty 00:58.843 --> 01:00.732 incredible job by a whole team of 01:00.732 --> 01:03.100 players that have made this happen . Uh , 01:03.110 --> 01:04.943 first , the Los Angeles district 01:04.943 --> 01:07.054 responded , you know , when you get a 01:07.054 --> 01:09.277 call on December 31 , I don't know what 01:09.277 --> 01:11.388 you were doing on December 31 , but I 01:11.388 --> 01:13.610 was watching some football and uh , you 01:13.610 --> 01:15.960 know our guys ran to the sound of the 01:15.960 --> 01:18.182 guns and worked really closely with the 01:18.182 --> 01:20.770 city to help react quickly to an 01:20.770 --> 01:23.410 emerging need . And uh so that's great 01:23.410 --> 01:25.577 job by the Los Angeles district to get 01:25.577 --> 01:28.060 this mission rolling and be there as 01:28.060 --> 01:30.227 the consistent element of delivery all 01:30.227 --> 01:32.630 the way through the end of the project . 01:32.640 --> 01:35.010 So uh the other people that have been 01:35.020 --> 01:37.242 greatly helpful of this , I can't , you 01:37.242 --> 01:39.520 know , this is a partnership with fema . 01:39.520 --> 01:41.520 This project is in partnership with 01:41.520 --> 01:43.464 fema and the state of California . 01:43.464 --> 01:45.576 State of California identified a need 01:45.576 --> 01:47.631 fema , worked and worked the process 01:47.631 --> 01:49.742 for us to bring us on board and allow 01:49.742 --> 01:51.631 us the funding to help build this 01:51.631 --> 01:53.930 particular hospital and uh facility . 01:53.940 --> 01:56.051 And it's just gonna be a great it's a 01:56.051 --> 01:58.218 great partnership between the state of 01:58.218 --> 02:00.051 California fema and the Corps of 02:00.051 --> 02:02.162 Engineers to get this done . Yes this 02:02.162 --> 02:04.329 is a whole government approach working 02:04.329 --> 02:06.051 with the U . S . Army Corps of 02:06.051 --> 02:08.218 Engineers , California , Department of 02:08.218 --> 02:10.273 Public Health , California Office of 02:10.273 --> 02:12.329 Emergency Services . What we've seen 02:12.329 --> 02:14.440 today is just a great example of some 02:14.440 --> 02:16.496 of the steps that we need to take to 02:16.496 --> 02:18.607 ensure that we fight against Covid 19 02:18.607 --> 02:20.662 we saw throughout Covid 19 that many 02:20.662 --> 02:22.884 people were affected how hospitals were 02:22.884 --> 02:25.610 over capacity in the ICU . This 02:25.620 --> 02:27.650 hospital is a great example of how 02:27.660 --> 02:31.250 we've helped alleviate a lot of those a 02:31.260 --> 02:33.520 lot of those issues . With the help of 02:33.520 --> 02:35.631 the U . S . Army Corps of Engineers . 02:35.631 --> 02:37.853 Now within the Corps of Engineers , the 02:37.853 --> 02:39.798 Omaha District has played a really 02:39.798 --> 02:42.020 large role for us to , we've used rapid 02:42.020 --> 02:44.020 contracting initiatives , the rapid 02:44.020 --> 02:46.020 development initiative contract for 02:46.020 --> 02:48.187 from Omaha District that allowed us to 02:48.187 --> 02:50.409 quickly move from an engineering design 02:50.409 --> 02:52.409 into construction . And again , all 02:52.409 --> 02:54.409 this has happened in the span of 90 02:54.409 --> 02:56.631 days and we're standing on a place that 02:56.631 --> 02:58.853 was again a parking lot and now we have 02:58.853 --> 03:01.490 a hospital for 80 beds staff at all the 03:01.490 --> 03:04.110 supporting facilities . So this amazing , 03:04.110 --> 03:06.380 incredible effort to get to where we 03:06.380 --> 03:08.750 are today is going to be complete . You 03:08.750 --> 03:11.520 know , the covid threat is still out 03:11.530 --> 03:13.752 there so they can respond to this . But 03:13.752 --> 03:15.808 there's also vaccination , potential 03:15.808 --> 03:18.140 site usage for this location . So this 03:18.140 --> 03:20.307 is going to be a facility that's going 03:20.307 --> 03:22.529 to be well needed and well used by this 03:22.529 --> 03:24.529 community and this hospital . So at 03:24.529 --> 03:26.584 this site we're just , we're excited 03:26.584 --> 03:28.640 about delivering this project to the 03:28.640 --> 03:30.696 hospital and make it ready for their 03:30.696 --> 03:32.807 use that . I just want to say again , 03:32.807 --> 03:34.640 great job by a combined team , a 03:34.640 --> 03:36.800 federal team , a state team and uses 03:36.800 --> 03:38.260 team to get this done . 03:42.040 --> 03:45.450 Mhm . Mhm .