Centex Construction Company Awarded Addition to Andrew T. McNamara Building Defense Threat Reduction Center.Business Editors FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2003 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has awarded Centex Construction Company - Mid Atlantic Mid Atlantic can mean:
DTRC Defense Threat Reduction Center (Mcnamara Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, headquarters of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency) ) in Fort Belvoir Fort Belvoir is a United States military installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 7,176 at the 2000 census. , Va. The contract includes the construction of a blast resistant building addition, a parking structure and associated site work on a secured compound. The building will include a 325,000-square-foot, six-story (four floors above ground and two basement levels) structural steel addition featuring a precast pre·cast adj. Relating to or being a structural member, especially of concrete, that has been cast into form before being transported to its site of installation. , brick and curtainwall facade. Centex will be working in and around a fully functioning facility during construction, eventually tying into the existing building. The scope of work also includes the interior fit-out of the building: core interiors, finishes and office space. The parking structure will include a 300,000-square-foot, three-level precast parking structure designed to accommodate 1,000 vehicles for use by employees and visitors. Site work will include access drives to the parking structure, storm water management and landscaping. The project is slated for completion in August 2005. Designed by RTKL Associates Inc., of Baltimore, the completed project will house nearly 1,400 personnel of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (or DTRA) is a combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) whose primary function is to analyze potential threats to the United States, both homeland and abroad, and provide contingency plans for all such (DTRA DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency DTRA Dirt Track Racing Association DTRA Deseret Towers Recreation Area (Utah) DTRA Data Terminal Ready A DTRA Defense Technical Review Agency DTRA Defense Technical Review Activity ). The mission of DTRA is to reduce the present threat to the United States and it allies from weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or and prevent future threats. The new building (DTRC) will consolidate functions currently being accomplished in five buildings into one location. Centex Construction Company, a leader in the commercial construction industry for more than 65 years, provides general contracting, at-risk construction management, design-build, preconstruction and turnkey services. Centex Construction Company operates a full-service division in Fairfax, Va., serving the Mid Atlantic region. Centex Construction Company is a member of Centex Construction Group, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Centex Corporation (NYSE-CTX). Centex is listed for the eighth year in a row as one of the nation's top five contractors and was recently ranked No. 1 in domestic general building revenue for the third consecutive year by Engineering News-Record magazine. |
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