VA West LA Critical Care Tower
VA West LA Critical Care Tower
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Los Angeles, California
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USACE
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450,000 GSF
6-story,. 160-bed critical care tower
44-bed mental health unit
Central Utility Plant
AGV -
terile Processing, Morgue, Pharmacy, Pulmonary, Engineering & Bio-Med, Environmental Management (EMS), Police Service, Administrative and Conference areas, Emergency Department, Imaging, On-call Suites, Café, Chapel, Surgical Suites, SICU, MICU, PACU, PRE-OP, Acute Mental Health, and Med-Surge patient rooms
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Master Planning
Medical Planning
Architecture
Structural Engineering
Mechanical and Plumbing Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Interiors
The new Critical Care Center will relocate existing critical and associated ancillary and diagnostic services from seismically-deficient Building 500 and add a new central utility plant at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System in Los Angeles.
The new Critical Care Center (CCC) will transform the south campus of the VA West Los Angeles into a modern, comprehensive medical campus designed to meet the evolving healthcare needs of Veterans. The multi‑phase development includes a new inpatient hospital, a new 52,000-square-foot Central Utility Plant (CUP), a new Logistics Transportation Hub (LTH), and extensive site infrastructure upgrades. The project is fully aligned with the campus master plan and has been carefully planned to respect the site’s Historic District and broader environmental considerations. Together, these improvements will establish a state‑of‑the‑art clinical environment that enhances patient care, operational efficiency, and long‑term campus resilience.
The new six-story hospital consists of three stories of patient care units set on a three-story podium containing diagnostic and treatment functions and support programs. The three podium levels include Sterile Processing, Morgue, Pharmacy, Police and other support functions on the Ground Level, Emergency department and Imaging along with the main lobby are located on Level one, ICU and Surgery are placed on Level 2, Mental Health is placed on Level 3 and Med-Surge patient rooms are placed on Levels 4 and 5.
The CCC is a state‑of‑the‑art, base‑isolated hospital facility designed to meet stringent blast‑resistance and progressive‑collapse prevention criteria. The building incorporates an AGV system to support material management and enhance operational efficiency. Its organizational framework and functional operations will maintain seamless inter‑relationships with services remaining in Building 500, the existing hospital, as well as other independent clinical and support operations across the campus.
