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Award: <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Offutt<\/span> Flood Recovery Program final contract<\/span><\/span><\/span> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Turner Construction a $389 million contract to make Omaha, Nebraska\u2019s, Offutt Air Force Base more resilient to flooding, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>according to a company news release<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The project is the final contract of the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>$1.1 billion Offutt Flood Recovery Program<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, which was developed at the military installation in response to catastrophic flooding from the Missouri River in 2019. That\u2019s nearly double the original cost estimate of $650 million to rebuild after one-third of the base, including its runway, was inundated with water due to heavy rainfall and melting snow.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The project\u2019s objective is to raise base facilities above the 100-year flood plain.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Turner will build a three-story, 420,000-square-foot facility to house intelligence, training, maintenance and reconnaissance squadrons. That building will allow Offutt\u2019s 55th Wing and Air Force information operations unit to operate in the same location.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The facility will enhance Offutt\u2019s abilities to serve dominant information warfare forces through electromagnetic spectrum operations, information operations, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and nuclear command, control and communications, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>according to a post<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> on the USACE\u2019s Omaha District Facebook page.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n A separate, 5,000-square-foot defense courier station will serve as a shipping and receiving facility.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The facilities are slated to open in December 2027.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Value<\/span><\/span><\/strong>: $389 million<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Location<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>: Omaha, Nebraska<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Clients<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n