How an Army Reserve Engineer Supports COVID-19 Response Efforts

By Khoran LeeApril 25, 2020

Lt. Col. Robert Mikyska, with the 647th Regional Support Group, activates in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Chicago District construction of an Alternate Care Facility (ACF) at the Wisconsin State Fair Park and Exposition Center in West Allis, Wis. He is responsible for Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the project construction design.
Lt. Col. Robert Mikyska, with the 647th Regional Support Group, activates in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Chicago District construction of an Alternate Care Facility (ACF) at the Wisconsin State Fair Park and Exposition Center in West Allis, Wis. He is responsible for Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the project construction design. (Photo Credit: Maj. Khoran Lee) VIEW ORIGINAL

Lt. Col. Robert Mikyska, with the 647th Regional Support Group, activates in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Chicago District construction of an Alternate Care Facility (ACF) at the Wisconsin State Fair Park and Exposition Center in West Allis, Wis. He is responsible for Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the project construction design.

“I went to Milwaukee for the kick-off and then went through the whole process," said Mikyska. "We built a fully functioning hospital, with hard-line oxygen, hard-stand showers, latrines and patient areas, which are basically cubicles, in nine days.” The ACF is designed with 500 beds - 250 beds with hard-line oxygen and another 250 with bottle oxygen.