Project Description
As a result of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 re-stationing actions, approximately 297 additional technical laboratory and administrative personnel and additional animals and species are to be housed at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Ft. Sam Houston, TX. As a component of approved Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) recommendations, the Joint Center of Excellence for Battlefield Health and Trauma Research (BHT) is being established by the relocation of Army, Navy and Air Force medical and dental research organizations. This project will construct a new biomedical research building with laboratory, vivarium, and vivarium support facilities. The new research building will be connected via underground corridor to the existing USAISR facility. The project will also provide alteration, remodeling, and repair of existing USAISR facilities to accommodate the requirements of the BHT.