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UMASS LOWELL alternate care site

Miami-Dade County Youth Fairgrounds EMG ACU

Location
Miami, Florida

Completion Year
2020

Client

Florida Division of Emergency Management 

Scope

Within 48 hours of activation, SLS designed, constructed and operated  an ACU facilty at the Youth Fairgrounds in Miami-Dade County to address the acute medical needs of residents testing positive for COVID-19.

UMASS LOWELL alternate care site
UMASS LOWELL alternate care site

Project Summary

In April 2020, the FDEM and Florida Department of Health engaged SLS to provide immediate acute care medical facilities and services to Miami-Dade County residents testing positive for COVID-19.

Within 48 hours of activation, the SLS team began converting the Youth Fairgrounds into a 250-bed alternate care facility, complete with a free-standing, five-room mobile emergency unit on the grounds.

Working a fast-paced and compressed 18-hour per day, 7-day per week schedule, the SLS team completed the design/build phase in just less than a week. Multiple subcontractors, vendors and over 100 personnel were utilized during construction, with 100 or more medical, service and trade personnel engaged during operations.

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