b'LAKELAND VAOUTPATIENT CLINICThe Korte Company was honored to help consolidate several existing clinics into a new Department of Veterans Affairs facility that will serve an estimated 23,000 veterans annually in Lakeland, Florida. The Lakeland VA Outpatient Clinic is a 131,000-square-foot Tilt-Up concrete building. It includes 90 primary care exam rooms, 24 mental health treatment rooms and 24 specialty clinic spaces. The team faced several unique challengesincluding two hurricanes, record-setting rain and a congregation of alligators who took up residency in the detention pond. But despite it all, we got the job done on time. And whats more, the project received the Green Building Initiative Two Green Globes as well as a Tilt-Up Achievement Award for healthcare projects from the Tilt-Up Concrete Association. 5'