Military complex on the march.Byline: DEVELOPMENT REPORT By Joe Harwood Harwood may refer to: People with the surname Harwood:
SPRINGFIELD - Construction is under way on the approximately $32 million Lane County Armed Forces Reserve Center complex on Pierce Pierce may refer to: Places
The heart of the $7.2 million first phase will be a roughly 30,000-square-foot field maintenance building that will include three work bays, plus offices and storage areas, said U.S. Army National Guard Capt. Shaun Martin, a civil engineer and the project manager. Martin said the maintenance building, as well as sidewalks, curbs and all other infrastructure for the complex, should be completed by mid-October. Work on the first phase kicked off in March when Wildish Building Co. crews began installing infrastructure such as water and sewer lines Noun 1. sewer line - a main in a sewage system sewer main main - a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage as well as laying down pavement pavement, the wearing surface of a road, street, or sidewalk. Parts of Babylon and Troy are believed to have been paved; Roman roads were noted for their durable stone paving. Cobblestones were common from late medieval times into the 19th cent. . Martin said he expects to award the contract for the project's second phase, which will include the 120,000-square-foot main armory facility, by the end of September. The Oregon Military Department The Oregon Military Department is an agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon, which oversees the armed forces of the state of Oregon. Under the authority and direction of the governor as commander-in-chief, the agency is responsible for planning, establishing, and will send out a request for proposals in about two months to design and build it, Martin said. The second phase also will include outbuildings of several hundred square feet each. Martin said construction on the second and final phase should begin this fall and finish in 12 to 18 months. When complete, the reserve center will consolidate three branches of the military as well as a U.S. Forest Service office. The complex, on 22.5 acres, will house an Army National Guard battalion battalion Tactical military organization composed of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries, or similar units and usually commanded by a field-grade officer such as a lieutenant colonel. , a Marine Corps engineering unit and a Naval Reserve A Naval Reserve is the reserve body of a nation's Navy, typically called-upon in times of conflict. Naval Reserves include;
The combination will free up existing facilities, including the Eugene Armory on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and the Naval Reserve/Marine Corps complex at 13th Avenue and Chambers Street Chambers Street is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, at south of the Old Town. The street is named after William Chambers of Glenormiston, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh who was the main proponent of the 1867 Edinburgh Improvement Act, which gave permission for the street's , both in Eugene. The Military Department bought the Springfield property in 2003 for $1.4 million after a 10-year battle with neighbors over a proposed 35-acre site north of 30th Avenue near Lane Community College. The Russell Creek Neighbors Association blocked the military from building the complex there by filing a series of state and federal lawsuits based on worries over noise, transportation, wetlands and other natural resource concerns. The Springfield site, in comparison, is zoned for light-medium industrial uses and didn't require major land use changes or draw the ire of neighbors. Martin said that by consolidating the Army, Marine and naval facilities under one roof, the federal government hopes to substantially cut operations and maintenance costs. The reserve center will join two other recent arrivals to the Pierce industrial tract. In the past two years, FM Sheet Metal Inc. has built a fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. shop and office along Pierce Parkway, and the Local 290 Plumbers and Pipefitters union built a training center there. Development Report runs Tuesdays. To suggest items, contact Joe Harwood at 338-2364 or jharwood@guardnet.com. |
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