Handyman Insurance, Award of Merit, Health Care VA Palo Alto Mental Health Center
Completed in June 2012, the Dept. of Veterans Affairs’ $34-million, 91,000-sq-ft Mental Health Center complex in Palo Alto, Calif., centers on a secure activity courtyard and garden. A single-story inpatient building includes four identical 20-bed psychiatric nursing units, each with an open nurses station. The two-story outpatient services pavilion, with views of the interior courtyard, is at the entry side. A utility building is at the rear. A covered walkway encircles the main courtyard.