{"id":15159,"date":"2023-04-07T15:19:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T22:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/marines-recruit-granite-for-126m-base-project\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:19:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T22:19:23","slug":"marines-recruit-granite-for-126m-base-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/marines-recruit-granite-for-126m-base-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Marines recruit Granite for $126M base project"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Award: <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Buildings and infrastructure at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Value<\/span><\/span><\/strong>: $126 million<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Location<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>: Guam<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Client<\/span><\/span><\/strong>: The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The U.S. Marines just enlisted Granite Construction.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Watsonville, California-based contractor nabbed a $126 million contract to help build Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz in Guam, the first new Marine base in 70 years<\/a>, according to a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>company press release<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific awarded the project to construct three buildings totaling more than 110,000 square feet, as well as site infrastructure that will support the relocation of Marines from Okinawa, Japan, to the U.S. island territory.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As tensions rise between China and the U.S., America\u2019s smallest military branch has been reshuffling its troops in the Pacific to help Japan deter an attack on Taiwan or nearby Japanese islands, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>according to Reuters<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Granite\u2019s Guam project will include:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n