FT MYER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER GRAND OPENING
Fort Myer, VA – On July 15, 2008, Colonel Laura Richardson, Garrison Commander of Fort Myer Military Community (shown above left) welcomed a group of distinguished U.S. Army leaders to the Ft. Myer Child Development Center (CDC) Grand Opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. This new facility is the largest U.S. Army Child Development Center in America. Attending and speaking at the event was Major General Richard Rowe, Jr. Commanding General, General Richard Cody, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, and the Honorable Nelson M. Ford, Acting Under Secretary of the Army.
Col. Richardson was very excited to welcome guests, friends, family and the children of the CDC and she paid tribute to Ken Grunley, Tracy Hill and Buddy Matthews of Grunley Construction (Grunley) for a job well done. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) selected Grunley (along with architects, Samaha Associates, PC) as the Design-Build Contractor for this project. Col. Richardson announced that the facility is currently serving 438 infants and school aged children and there is even room for more. The new one-story steel frame structure is 51,000 SF set on 7 acres of land. In addition to being the largest CDC that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has built to date, it serves as a model for 66 other facilities to come in the next 2 years. Construction is complete and the children occupied the new facility July 8, 2008.
Grunley Construction provides a full spectrum of professional construction services, and is well known for its expertise in renovations, restorations, modernizations and additions. The firm is listed among the Engineering News Record’s Top 400 Contractors.
Date Posted: July 23, 2008