DeMaria's Health Care Group specializes in construction management, design/build, preconstruction and general contracting services for hospital, medical, laboratory and pharmaceutical clients. Projects range in size from $50,000 to $50,000,000.

Phase One Improvements - Research Building and Central Energy Center, United States Department of Veteran Affairs

The VA Hospital Ann Arbor campus, originally built in the 1950's, recently underwent a comprehensive upgrade. DeMaria was involved in three out of the four phases to modernize the health system campus.

Phase one involved the construction of a new 30,000 sf energy center to supply heating and cooling to the 20-acre campus. An underground diesel fuel tank farm was built adjacent to the energy center utilizing cast auger piles as an earth retention system during construction.

DeMaria also built a three-story, 52,000 sf laboratory research building featuring 17 independent wet labs and a vivarium. The labs are used for a variety of medical research, including biomedical, clinical and animal.

A new emergency room entrance addition, pedestrian bridge connectors and underground tunnels that connect the energy center to the main hospital were also included in the scope.