Photo Essay: Construction of new, modern barracks building continues at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Construction of a new multi-million dollar transient troop training barracks is shown Jan. 28, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Contractor L.S. Black Constructors was awarded a $20.6 million contract to build the barracks in September 2019. The planned completion date is currently August 2021. The planned barracks will be different than the traditional barracks that are located throughout the installation. This new building is four stories and be able to house 400 people in approximately 60,000 square feet. The project also is the first of eight new buildings planned for the entire 1600 block at Fort McCoy. The plan is to build three more barracks with the same specifications, three 20,000-square-foot brigade headquarters buildings, and one 160-room officer quarters. This is an Army Corps of Engineers-managed project. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

02.12.2021

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                          

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Construction of a new multi-million dollar transient troop training barracks is shown Jan. 28, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Through Feb. 5, the construction of the new barracks by contractor L.S. Black Constructors was more than 65 percent completed, said Ken Green with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Resident Office at Fort McCoy.

The planned completion date is later in 2021. The planned barracks will be different than the traditional barracks that are located throughout the installation.

This new building is four stories and be able to house 400 people in approximately 60,000 square feet. The project also is the first of eight new buildings planned for the entire 1600 block at Fort McCoy.

The plan is to build three more barracks with the same specifications, three 20,000-square-foot brigade headquarters buildings, and one 160-room officer quarters.

Fort McCoy’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.”

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.” Also try downloading the Digital Garrison app to your smartphone and set "Fort McCoy" or another installation as your preferred base.

• Date Taken: 02.12.2021
• Date Posted: 02.12.2021 13:57
• Story ID: 388996
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US