{"id":32459,"date":"2025-09-24T09:14:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/coast-guard-taps-whiting-turner-for-69m-hawaii-hangar-job\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T09:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:14:49","slug":"coast-guard-taps-whiting-turner-for-69m-hawaii-hangar-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/coast-guard-taps-whiting-turner-for-69m-hawaii-hangar-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $69M Hawai\u2019i hangar job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?500116090725\" alt=\"-\"><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1758723284\/news\/text_to_speech\/coast-guard-whiting-turner-hawaii-barbers-point_a6voxn.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ed-secondary-content-box\" data-source=\"snorkel-form\">\n<p class=\"ed-secondary-content-box__title\"><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Award: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Airplane hangars<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Value: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$69 million<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Location: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Kapolei, Hawai&#8217;i<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Client: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>U.S. Coast Guard<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The U.S. Coast Guard has tapped Whiting-Turner Contracting to design and build <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.uscg.mil\/Press-Releases\/Article\/4305888\/coast-guard-awards-68-million-contract-for-new-hc-130j-hangars-at-air-station-b\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>two new membrane tension hangars<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> and associated facilities at Air Station Barbers Point in Kapolei, Hawai&#8217;i, according to a Sept. 16 news release. The cost of the work is approximately $69 million.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>As part of the contract, Whiting-Turner will build two fully enclosed hangars that will provide weather-protected facilities for repairing, servicing and sheltering the HC-130J Super Hercules long-range search and rescue aircraft assigned to the air station, according to the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Currently, the base\u2019s facilities can only partially enclose one of the massive HC-130J aircraft, which have a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dcms.uscg.mil\/Our-Organization\/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9\/Programs\/Air-Programs\/LRS-HC-130J\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>wingspan of approximately 133 feet<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. This leaves the four aircraft exposed to the corrosive saltwater environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>In addition to weather sheltering, the new hangars will provide long-term protection, improve maintenance capabilities and support critical heavy air transport missions and long-range maritime surveillance patrols across the 12.2 million-square-mile area known as the Oceania District, per the Coast Guard.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Facilities Design &amp; Construction Center, a field command under the Coast Guard Program Executive Office Shore, is responsible for planning, designing and executing major shore facility construction and recapitalization projects, according to the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Additional facilities that the construction team is scoped to build include an aviation materials office, aircraft maintenance shops, office space for air station personnel, a locker room and load cages near the hangars, per the Coast Guard.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Construction at the Barbers Point base is scheduled to begin in 2026 and is expected to be completed by early 2028, according to the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>This isn\u2019t Whiting-Turner\u2019s first stint working with the Coast Guard. The Baltimore-based builder also recently won a job to <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/whiting-turner-coast-guard-seattle-base\/759690\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>modernize the Coast Guard\u2019s base in Seattle<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. The contract for its work there is worth up to $137 million. As part of that project, the contractor will widen and upgrade berths and demolish an existing building.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/coast-guard-whiting-turner-hawaii-barbers-point\/760965\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 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