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On Nov. 6, workers were busy finishing a brick façade as well as getting more and more interior work done on the fiscal year 2022-funded Transient Training Troop Barracks Project, also referred to as the South Barracks Project, at Fort McCoy.
The contractor BlindermanPower (Construction) has made great strides in getting work done and now has the project at 52 percent complete, said Ken Green with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Resident Office at Fort McCoy in his Oct. 18 update on the project.
In late October, Green said the contractor continued with a wide variety of construction operations.
“Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing rough-in continued,” Green wrote in the update. Sprinkler piping continued. Insulation of MP systems continues.”
Green also said interior steel stud framing was moving along quickly, and interior spray foam continued as well.
“Interior sheetrocking continues and interior blocking also continued,” Green wrote.
Green also noted that interior sound batting was ongoing along with other interior finishing. Also building on the elevator shaft wall continued along with masonry work and brick washing.
“Painting continued in the equipment rooms (too),” Green wrote.
“The current contract completion date is Oct. 2, 2025,” Green also wrote.
BlindermanPower (Construction) got the contract to build the facility in June 2023 at just over $28 million. Previous news articles have stated the statement of work for the project states the contractor will make the building be made of “permanent construction with reinforced concrete foundations; concrete floor slabs; structural steel frames; steel stud infill; masonry veneer walls; prefinished standing seam metal roofing; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning capabilities; plumbing; mechanical systems; and electrical systems. Supporting facilities include land clearing, concrete sidewalk paving, general site improvements, and utility connections.”
The building also is being built with the latest in construction materials and include state-of-the-art physical security and energy-saving measures. The South Barracks Project is the third large barracks to be built on Fort McCoy in the last five years.
It’s part of the ongoing transformation of the 1600 block of the cantonment area of the installation that improves quality of life on the post for decades to come as well as serves as a basis of transformation for the future, officials said.
Just weeks ago, in early September, the project was at 35 percent completion, Green said. Now it’s continuing to get closer to its next major completion milestone.
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,” on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/fortmccoywi, and on X (formerly Twitter) by searching “usagmccoy.”
Also try downloading the My Army Post app to your smartphone and set “Fort McCoy” or another installation as your preferred base. Fort McCoy is also part of Army’s Installation Management Command where “We Are The Army’s Home.”
| Date Taken: | 11.06.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 11.06.2024 02:43 |
| Story ID: | 484723 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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