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New Orleans Flood Control Infrastructure Contracts Keep Coming

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The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is in the process of awarding large contracts to repair and strengthen flood control infrastructure in New Orleans and the vicinity.

The lastest contract, for $195 million, was awared to Kiewit Louisiana Co. in Fort Worth, TX to upgrade 4 pump stations on the east bank of Lake Pontchartrain in Jefferson Parish, LA. This contract follows a $278.8 million contract awarded to Odebrecht-Baker in Coral Gables, FL for levee improvements to the Chalmette Loop in St. Bernard Parish, and a $33.3 million contract awarded to Tetra Tech EC in Norcross, GA for construction of a hurricane risk reduction floodwall and 5 floodgates in the Lake Ponchartrain area of New Orleans.

These are a few of the many USACE contracts under the Hurricane & Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (formerly the Hurricane Protection System). USACE has developed an interactive map with the status of all of the projects under this program in the New Orleans area…

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Up to $350M to 7 Small Businesses for USAF Environmental Remediation Support

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The US Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE) in Brooks City-Base, TX awarded indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity contracts worth up to $350 million to 7 small business qualifiers to provide environmental restoration and remediation support.

The awards are under the Environmental, Construction and Operations & Services 2009 (ECOS09) contract vehicle, which is a tool for AFCEE to provide US government customers’ access to competent small business contractors to satisfy their construction and environmental operations and services needs.

And the small business winners are…

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MWH Americas, ARGO/LRS to Compete for $3B in USAF Environmental Work

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MWH Americas in Broomfield, CO and ARGO/LRS JV in Glen Burnie, MD have joined 42 other companies in being eligible to compete for $3 billion in US Air Force environmental work.

The two companies received contracts from the US Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment at Brooks City-Base, TX to compete for task orders to provide environmental requirements that include completion of conceptual design, construction, implementation, demolition, repair and operation and maintenance of installed systems prior to delivery to the government.

The work includes environmental remediation construction at US military facilities…

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KBE Ventures to Build Armed Forces Reserve Center in Middletown, CT

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The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a $51.5 million firm-fixed-price contract to KBE Ventures, a Farmington, CT-based joint venture of KBE Building Corporation and Derita Construction, to build an Armed Forces Reserve Center at Cucia Park in Middletown, CT.

The contract includes construction of a 164,000-square-foot training facility with administrative, educational, assembly, library, learning center, vault, weapons simulator, and physical fitness areas for 4 Army Reserve units and 6 Connecticut Army National Guard units…

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US Army Follows USAF in Awarding Environmental Contracts

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Not to be outdone by the US Air Force’s recent environmental contracts announcement, the US Army is paying out up $945 million in environmental remediation contracts to a number of the same firms.

The US Army Corps of Engineers awarded [pdf] shared-capacity indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts for worldwide environmental remediation services to 4 contractors.

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USAF Issues up to $3B in Environmental Contracts

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The US Air Force is awarding 42 contracts worth a maximum value of $3 billion for environmental requirements that include completion of a conceptual design, construction, implementation, demolition, repair and operation and maintenance of installed systems prior to delivery to the government. At this time each contractor receives just $3,000, and they will compete for task orders as these become available.

The contracts are being awarded by the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment at Brooks City-Base, TX under the Worldwide Environmental Restoration & Construction program. The primary focus of the program is environmental restoration construction, including Military Munitions Response Program restoration. The MMRP addresses the potential explosives safety, health, and environmental issues caused by past US Department of Defense munitions related activities.

And the winners are…

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US Army Awards $8.6M in Environmental Remediation Service Orders

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The US Army awarded a total of $8.6 million in performance-based task orders for environmental remediation services at Army facilities in the United States and Puerto Rico.

The Army has two environment remediation programs for active/operating Army installations – the Installation Restoration Program (IRP) and the Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP). The IRP is a program to identify, investigate and clean up hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants resulting from past US Department of Defense (DoD) operations and activities. The MMRP addresses the safety, health, and environmental issues caused by past DoD munitions-related activities. Congress established the MMRP to address unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions and munitions constituents located at sites on other than operational ranges.

The recent Army task orders are for both types of remediation programs…

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$82.6M to Weston Solutions for Houston-Galveston Navigation Channel Work

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Weston Solutions in Houston, TX won an $82.7 million contract for levee work in the Houston-Galveston navigation channel. Weston will undertake levee repairs, levee raisings, and shore protection to placement areas used for the Houston–Galveston navigation channel. The placement area includes the following: Lost Lake, Peggy Lake, Alexander Island, Spilman Island, Atkinson Island, Mid Bay, and Redfish Island.

Weston will perform the work in Harris and Chambers Counties, TX with an estimated completion date of Sept 30/11. 4 bids were solicited with 3 bids received by the US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston (W912BV-08-D-2012). Other firms that were eligible to bid for the project were Environmental Chemical, Kellogg Brown & Root Services, and Kiewit Texas Construction.

Nordic Air Supplies USMC Environmental Control Units

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Nordic Air in Geneva, OH received a $9 million task order to supply environmental control units (ECUs) for the US Marine Corps. The units [PDF] provide heating and cooling for tents, shelters, vans, containers and trailers.

The units’ vertical skid mounts are designed for ease of transport and hookup. The USMC selected Nordic Air to replace its existing inventory of ECUs, according to the company.

Nordic Air will perform the work in Geneva and expects to complete it by Dec 31/09. The task order was part of a blanket purchase agreement (M67854-08-A-5023) between the company and the Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, VA.

US Air Force Academy to Build 3MW Solar Farm

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Solar Farm at Nellis AFB
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The US Air Force Academy is having a 3 megawatt solar farm built on its campus in Colorado Springs, CO to provide solar electricity to the educational complex. Currently, all of the academy’s electricity comes from external sources.

USAFA’s 10th Contracting Squadron awarded a $18.3 million contract (FA700-09-F-0023) to Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) to provide renewable photovoltaic solar electrical energy through construction of the solar farm.

The CSU sent an interoffice memorandum to the Colorado Springs mayor and city council about talks it was having with the USAFA concerning the solar farm…

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