Hawaii awards $140 million contract for 144-bed forensic psychiatric building at the State Hospital
In a January 2018 news release, the Department of Health said the Department of Accounting and General Services had awarded the design-build contract on its behalf. The new building would replace the demolished Goddard Building and include a 24-bed admissions unit for assessing new patients, a 24-bed high-risk unit and four 24-bed units for routine care, along with security features meant to reduce escapes and violence.
The department said the hospital was built for 178 beds but routinely holds more than 200 patients, because by law it must take forensic patients ordered by courts from all islands for evaluation, care and custody. It said virtually all admissions are forensic and that those patients can be discharged only after a complex evaluation and a judge's written authorization.
The release is a primary source for the state's plan to expand forensic capacity. Work was expected to start in 2018, with the building in use in 2021.
Source: State awards $140 million design-build contract to construct new 144-bed Hawaii State Hospital building — Hawaii Department of Health
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