Photo essay: New barracks building at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | A new multi-million dollar transient troop training barracks is shown Oct. 13, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Contractor L.S. Black Constructors was awarded a $20.6 million contract to build this barracks in September 2019. The barracks is different than the traditional barracks that are located throughout the installation. This new building is four stories and can house 400 people in approximately 60,000 square feet. The building also is the first of eight new buildings planned for the entire 1600 block of the cantonment area at Fort McCoy. The plan is to build four barracks overall with the same specifications, three 20,000-square-foot brigade headquarters buildings, and one 160-room officer quarters. This barracks project was 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

10.29.2021

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

A new multi-million dollar transient troop training barracks is shown Oct. 13, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Contractor L.S. Black Constructors was awarded a $20.6 million contract to build this barracks in September 2019.

The barracks is different than the traditional barracks that are located throughout the installation. This new building is four stories and can house 400 people in approximately 60,000 square feet.

The building also is the first of eight new buildings planned for the entire 1600 block of the cantonment area at Fort McCoy.

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

This barracks project was an Army Corps of Engineers-managed project.

Fort McCoy's motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.” Also, 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: 10.29.2021
• Date Posted: 10.29.2021 23:10
• Story ID: 408387
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US