Atlantic Electric to Replace Airfield Lighting at NAS JRB New Orleans

NAS JRB New Orleans(click to view larger) Small business qualifier Atlantic Electric in N. Charleston, SC won a $14.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for repair and replacement of airfield lighting at Naval Air Station (NAS) Joint Reserve Base (JRB) New Orleans in Louisiana. Atlantic Electric will demolish and replace runway lights, guidance signs, taxiway lights with LED, transformers/ pads, electrical conduits and circuits, main 5kv feed, control panels, threshold lights, wave off lights, handholds, vaults, helipad lighting system and wind socks. The proposed construction will also consist of repaving shoulders on Runway 4-22, Runway 14-32, Taxiways A, B, J & K, along with adjacent shoulder areas for the purpose of providing positive drainage runoff. Portions of some runway and taxiway areas themselves will require demolition and replacement. Atlantic Electric expects to complete the work by April 2011. Funds for this project are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 4 proposals received by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast in Jacksonville, FL (N69450-09-C-0762). NAS JRB New Orleans is located 12 miles south of downtown New Orleans… NAS JRB New Orleans is 1 of 3 JRBs […]