aberdeen (C4ISR Center of Excellence)
Rendering of C4ISR Center of Excellence
By: David L. Steger, Senior Project Manager
Grunley Construction, as part of a tri-venture with Tompkins-Turner Government Services and Kinsley Construction, is constructing the “C4ISR Center of Excellence,” a design-build project. The five-phased project—once completed—will be a state-of-the-art research and technology campus at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County, Maryland. The contract is part of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program. The contract totals $477 million.
Current Status
This project consists of relocating the center for the development of the U.S. Army’s Command and Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Sensors and Reconnaissance systems from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey to Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland. The overall objective is to design and construct facilities for the military that are consistent with the functionality and needs of the end user. The Army intends for these buildings to have a minimum 25-year useful design life before a possible re-use/renovation requirement, to include normal sustainment, restoration, modernization activities and a 50-year building replacement life. The design and construction will provide the required level of quality to ensure the continued use of the facility over that timeframe with proper preventive maintenance and repairs applied.
The site for the project is located in the Northern Cantonment of the U.S. Army Garrison at APG and occupies approximately 400 acres bordered by woodlands and wetlands. Phase 1 of the Project consists of the site, utility and infrastructure development and the construction of four (4) primary buildings and three (3) accessory buildings (including an Auditorium).
Contained within the 1,149,223 total gross square footage is approximately 400,000 GSF of SCIF spaces, laboratories, executive meeting and conference rooms, private offices and open area workstations.
The project’s schedule dictates occupancy of these building during the summer of 2010.
The Project’s Team mobilized in the fall of 2007 with hazardous material(s) removal and demolition starting in early spring of 2008. Installation of the foundations should start in early summer 2008.
Date Posted: May 21, 2008