Casa De Amistad Emergency ACU
Location
Harlingen, Texas
Completion Year
2020
Client
Texas Department of Emergency Management
Scope
Within 48 hours of activation, SLS transformed the 13,000-square-foot Casa de Amistad auditorium in Harlingen, Texas, into a fully functional 100-bed COVID-19 emergency alternate care site.
Project Summary
In late July 2020, the Texas Division of Emergency Management engaged the SLS team to convert the 13,000 square foot Casa de Amistad auditorium into a 100-bed COVID-19 emergency alternate care site. Normally home to trade shows, weddings, and private receptions, the facility interior was redesigned to accommodate hospital overflow patients in Harlingen and surrounding Rio Grande Valley areas.
Within 48 hours of activation, the SLS team began transforming the facility into a clean, safe full-service field hospital, complete with 10 intensive care units and an oxygen system with direct lines to every bed.
Working on a fast-paced compressed 24-hour per day construction cycle, the transformation was complete in seven days. Multiple subcontractors, vendors and over 100 personnel were utilized during construction, with over a hundred medical, service and trade personnel engaged during operations