Navy Plans to Award Contracts to Build Guam Facilities

U.S. military construction in Guam is continuous with a number of totally different tasks, and Navy officers indicated that they count on to award contracts for at the least two sizable works later this 12 months. 

In its newest workload projections up to date March 31, Naval Amenities Engineering Programs Command (NAVFAC) Pacific mentioned it expects to award a building contract for a Guam Protection Radar System Command Middle together with a associated energy era facility, gasoline storage and different infrastructure. The contract’s worth is estimated between $250 million and $500 million. 

Development of the ability might want to meet seismic necessities, in line with procurement paperwork. The contract can be deliberate to embody demolition of current housing models, civil web site preparations and different associated work. The venture is anticipated to take about three years and 7 months to finish. 

Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, referred to as the Guam Protection System “a cornerstone of regional deterrence and a vital part of U.S. [integrated air and missile defense] technique” whereas testifying earlier than the Senate Armed Companies Committee earlier this month.

NAVFAC Pacific additionally plans to award a contract this 12 months for building of a joint consolidated communications middle at Andersen Air Drive Base on Guam. Its worth can be estimated between $250 million and $500 million. The venture would consolidate numerous capabilities into one two-story, bolstered concrete construction. 

Work in Progress

Different work is already underway throughout totally different U.S. Dept. of Protection services in Guam. The U.S. Marine Corps formally reactivated Base Camp Blaz in 2023. Work constructing the bottom’s services is overseen by the Officer in Cost of Development, a short lived command underneath NAVFAC. The OICC is managing 19 totally different contractors engaged on numerous tasks on the base. 

Work additionally not too long ago began on a $571-million venture to repair the Glass Breakwater. The three-mile-long construction impounds Apra Harbor however was broken by a storm in 2023. The harbor is residence to each Naval Base Guam and the Port of Guam. 

NAVFAC officers say speedy coordination and early contractor engagement allowed work to begin forward of schedule. 

“We’re centered on stabilizing the construction, guaranteeing protected operations and sustaining venture momentum via disciplined oversight and building,” mentioned Capt. Troy Brown, commanding officer of NAVFAC Marianas, in a press release.

The venture’s contractor is TPC-Nan JV, a three way partnership of Tutor Perini Corp. and Nan Inc. Tutor Perini has mentioned its native subsidiary, Black Development Corp., is executing its share of the work. The work was awarded underneath an indefinite supply/indefinite amount (IDIQ) contract for the Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program. 

The primary stage of labor entails relocating giant stones weighing between 10 and 15 tons every from the breakwater’s crest to probably the most severely broken sections as a way to kind a tightly packed short-term barrier. Later work entails putting in interlocking concrete armor models every weighing about 42 tons. 

Completion for the Glass Breakwater venture is scheduled for 2029.