MACTEC Issued $2.8 Million in Task Orders for U.S. Southern Command Headquarters
MIAMI, Jan. 27, 2009 – MACTEC has been awarded $2.8 million in task orders to
provide quality assurance services (QAS) for the U.S. Southern Command’s new
$237 million headquarters in Doral, FL. These task orders were issued under
MACTEC’s construction management support contract with the United States Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District. Allen Kibler, President of MACTEC
Engineering and Consulting, Inc., made the announcement.
The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), located in Miami, is one of 10
Unified Commands in the U.S. Department of Defense. It is responsible for
providing contingency planning, operations, and security cooperation for Central
and South America, the Caribbean (except U.S. commonwealths, territories, and
possessions), as well as for the force protection of U.S. military resources at
these locations. SOUTHCOM is a joint command comprised of more than 1,300
military and civilian personnel representing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine
Corps, Coast Guard, and several other federal agencies.
The project will create an entirely new military facility on a 55-acre site. A
new fourstory SOUTHCOM Headquarters Building will be part of three major
buildings totaling over 630,000 sq. ft. Construction will include all support
facilities and infrastructure for this complex to serve as a stand alone
military command.
The project incorporates unique features like energy efficiency (LEED) and
antiterrorism and force protection (AT/FP) measures including building standoff
distances, structural preventive collapse, laminated glass, lighting, vehicle
barriers and control gates.
2 Significant possibilities exist for additional buildings to be constructed once
the initial scope of work is complete. Key services that MACTEC is providing
include:
- Provide daily QA inspection, surveillance (electrical, mechanical, structural,
communications, architectural, security, and anti-terrorism/force protection) of
construction contractor’s quality control program/construction work to verify
that materials/workmanship for completed and ongoing projects conform to
contract requirements.
- Evaluate construction contractor’s quality control
activities (level of inspection, testing procedures/results, etc.).
- Check compliance with health and safety requirements as established by OSHA, the U.S.
Environmental Protection, and U.S .Army Corps of Engineers Safety and Health
Requirement Manual.
- Perform reviews of contractor submittals and shop
drawings
- Manage project details through the use of USACE Resident Management
System (RMS).
- Perform analysis of the construction contractor’s schedule.