GEORGE P. SHULTZ NATIONAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS TRAINING CENTER ADDITION AND NEW BUILDING
Washington, DC

Project Details

Owner: General Services Administration
Contract Amount: $48,434,572
Date of Award: October 26, 2007
Date of Completion: Bldg K: 11/25/09, Building F: 9/21/09, Visitor's Center: 10/17/09, Central Plant: 11/6/09, Dining Facility: 1/31/10, Childcare facility: 1/25/2010, and Audio-Visual System: 1/21/2010.
Architect: Holabird & Root, LLC

Buildings F and K are shown above. Photos by Carl Cox

Grunley Construction provided general contracting services for the construction of two new buildings, one addition and one new building, totaling ~133,000 square feet plus a central utility plant all at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, VA. The two buildings will serve as administrative and instructional spaces for the State Department.

The two primary buildings are Building F, which was constructed adjacent to the existing training center, and Building K, which is a separate building located beside the new Building F addition. Building F is a 3-story concrete structure and Building K is a 3-story steel structure with a concrete basement. Both buildings have new high efficiency mechanical and electrical systems, blast resistant windows, brick facades and flat roofs. The interior finishes are modern educational style environments with training, classroom, office and assembly spaces complete with state of the art audio-visual equipment. Building K connects to the main building at Building F by use of a new connector link constructed primarily of steel and glass.

Infrastructure upgrades were made to the Central Plant to support facility improvements and the addition of both buildings. The contract required that all building systems remain in operation throughout the period of construction and project sequencing and construction accommodate this important constraint.

The Owner exercised additional options to include the construction of a new addition to the existing Childcare Center (which is seeking LEED NC 2.1 Silver certification), a new Visitor Center, a new Dining Facility and other site improvements.

Date Posted: August 9, 2010