M.C. Dean is actively supporting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) mission to alleviate hospital capacity issues amid the coronavirus outbreak, by transforming non-healthcare buildings into Alternate Care Facilities. M.C. Dean was awarded two USACE contracts to retrofit the Miami Convention Center and the Washington, D.C. Convention Center, adding more than 1,000 hospital rooms dedicated to COVID-19 patients.
“It’s rewarding to join the fight against this pandemic,” said Bill Dean, M.C. Dean chief executive officer. “By applying our modular delivery expertise, we’re helping speed USACE’s efforts to turn convention centers into hospitals in a matter of days or weeks, rather than months.”
Miami Beach Convention Center | Miami, FL
At the Miami Beach Convention Center, M.C. Dean is helping turn the 500,000-square-foot exhibit space into a functioning 450-bed hospital. Our 50-person team began mobilization in less than 24 hours and worked for eight long consecutive days to establish the distribution and backup power systems needed to transition the convention center into a temporary hospital.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center | Washington, D.C.
In the heart of downtown D.C., M.C. Dean is retrofitting the Walter E. Washington Convention Center to enable a 500-bed Alternate Care Facility. This 473,000-square-foot space will support COVID-19 patients in Washington, D.C., and surrounding Virginia and Maryland counties. M.C. Dean’s modular approach will streamline delivery and reduce onsite labor to allow for greater social distancing.
M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence®. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most recognizable mission critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. The company’s capabilities include electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audio visual, and IT systems. M.C. Dean is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, and employs more than 5,800 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability.
