**UPDATE: Social Happy Hour location updated below.**

DSHS is improving behavioral health care for patients by constructing a therapeutically designed hospital on the Western State Hospital campus with 350 beds. The hospital will serve as a Forensic Center of Excellence, focusing on providing state-of-the-art care for patients, operating in an environment of care that supports safety and the delivery of evidenced-based and proven practices. The facility will work hand in hand with local academic institutions to support research and innovation. Although hospital construction required demolishing some buildings on the WSH campus, the new hospital facility will augment, not replace, the majority of the existing WSH structures.  Construction of the new hospital began in the summer of 2025, and it is expected to be completed in 2028. Check out our latest construction photos. [More Information here: https://www.dshs.wa.gov/bha/newstatehospital]

Project Info:

Owner: DSHS 

Architecture/Interior Design: HOK and Architecture +

General Contractor: Clark Construction Construction

EVENT DETAILS:

Tour:3:00-4:30

Venue Name (Tour): Western State Forensic Hospital (in construction)

Street Address: 9601 Steilacoom Blvd. SW, Lakewood, WA [Building 10 off of Sentinel Drive, see Map!)

Space is limited to 25 attendees for the tour! Reserve your spot today!

*PPE will be provided but wear closed toed shoes and feel free to bring hard hat with chin strap, safety vest, safety glasses and gloves if you have them. 

Social Happy Hour (following tour): 5:00-7:00 pm

Venue Name (Social Hour): The Bair (UPDATE)

Street Address: 1617 Lafayette Street, Steilacoom, WA 98388 

Parking Information: Available at both venues

Sponsor(s): Shaw Flooring, Sazan and Shive-Hattery