By Denise Emsley, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command, Hawaii
PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Naval Facilities
Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii awarded a contract for a much needed
airfield operations, air terminal complex, and aircraft rescue & fire
station at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe to dck-ecc pacific guam, LLC, of
Clairton, Pa., April 18.
"Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS)
Kaneohe currently operates from four separate facilities which are insufficient
to meet our staff, equipment, and mission support requirements," said Jeff
Telling, MCAS operations officer. "Many of the buildings were built in the
1940s and 1950s and are were not designed or do not comply with today's
anti-terrorism and force protection requirements, as well as present day
airfield safety clearance criteria."
The award is a fixed-price task order
for $46.6 million under a multiple award construction contract. Six proposals
were received.
The project includes the demolition of
four buildings (#615, #1168, #6105 and #6026) to allow construction of a
state-of-the-art complex comprised of two buildings - a 30,709 sq. ft. MCAS
Operations Complex and a 17,104 sq. ft. Aircraft Rescue & Fire Station. In
addition, there will be paving and site improvements to the adjacent aircraft
parking apron and ramps.
The MCAS Operations Complex will
maintain and operate airfield facilities of Marine Corps Base Hawaii in support
of the readiness and global projection of operating forces. This command
operations facility will include an aircraft passenger terminal, aircraft cargo
terminal, air operations and administrative offices, command administrative
offices, an operations center and various other support spaces.
The Aircraft Rescue & Fire Station
will provide fire protection to installation flight lines and aircraft
including support for fire prevention education and training for flight line
personnel. The facility will include five apparatus bays, administrative
offices, storage and support areas, training, exercise and dorm areas, a
dispatch tower and various other support spaces.
Besides the two new buildings, the
project includes paving and site improvements associated with the new
operations complex including aircraft taxiway, parking aprons, aircraft
grounding, ramps and paved shoulders.
Sustainable design principles will be
included in the design and construction of the facility so that it will achieve
Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) Silver certification
through various energy and green initiatives. LEED is an
internationally-recognized "green" building certification system,
developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in March 2000. It is a
point-based rating system which offers various levels for new construction in
five "green" design categories: sustainable sites, water efficiency,
energy and atmosphere, materials and resources and indoor environmental
quality.
"The new complex will centralize
our assets, provide correctly sized and configured facilities which will assist
in eliminating the constraints we currently operate under thereby making us
much more efficient," said Telling. "Our working environment will be
up to standard and a better working space for all personnel."
The project is scheduled for completion
in March 2014.
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