E-Landscape Awarded U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters Project
Davidsonville, MD April 25, 2011 –
Davidsonville, Maryland‐based commercial landscaping specialist E‐Landscape Specialty Solutions
announced today that it has been awarded the contract to provide commercial landscape construction
work for the U.S. Coast Guard Access Road at the St. Elizabeth’s hospital West Campus in Washington,
DC.
St. Elizabeth’s was originally established by Congress in 1855 as the Government Hospital for the Insane.
In addition to providing mental health facilities for the Army, Navy, and District of Columbia, the facility
also served as a hospital for Civil War soldiers. In 1916, Congress officially changed the name of the
facility to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital.
St. Elizabeth’s is divided into two campuses. The West Campus is owned by the federal government and
is under the custody and control of GSA. It is located in the Anacostia community in southeast
Washington on a hill overlooking the Anacostia River with panoramic views of Washington and Virginia.
The East Campus, owned by the District of Columbia, is located across Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue
from the West Campus and is still in use as a mental health facility.
The West Campus was constructed between the 1850s and the 1960s and consists of 176 acres and 61
buildings with approximately 1.1 million gross square feet of space. It is a National Historic Landmark.
The GSA has prepared a Master Plan for the development of the West Campus as a high security campus
for federal agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard. The construction of the Coast Guard Headquarters
is the first project at the new St. Elizabeth’s campus. It is currently under construction with plans to
achieve LEED v2.2 Gold certification. The project includes over 500,000 square feet of green roof and a
storm water management system including wet ponds, bio‐swales and step pools to handle storm water
runoff for the entire campus.
E‐Landscape’s scope of work includes the construction of a rain collection and storm water management
system, subdrainage, and the installation of pavers.