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As one of three major construction projects ongoing at Fort McCoy, the East Barracks Project has been continuing to see plenty of progress as the projects nears closer to 20 percent complete as January 2025 continues.
As of Jan. 8, contractors with L.S. Black Constructors on the project could be seen continuing to build the frame of the building even as January’s bitter cold temperatures take hold.
Nathan Butts with the Resident Office of the Army Corps of Engineers at Fort McCoy said in his Dec. 20, 2024, update about the project that progress was at 16 percent complete, and likely it will be closer to 20 percent complete during the first January update.
In the Dec. 20 update, Butts wrote about the ongoing work to the eventual 60,000-plus-square-foot building. At that time, he noted the construction progress was at 14 percent but as December continues that progress percentage will be updated.
“Structural steel and steel decking deliveries are ongoing,” Butts wrote Dec. 20. “Steel erection and decking continues in the center section of the building. Metal framing on the first and second floor of the south wing continues.
“Contractor has enclosed and is heating areas where concrete placement is occurring to maintain required temperatures,” he wrote. “Concrete slab-on-grade placement complete on the center section main floor. Rebar installation continues on the fourth floor of the south wing and third floor of the center section.”
Since May 13, 2023, construction of this fourth, $27.3 million barracks project have been in high gear by the contractor who was awarded the project in February. The exact contract amount for the project when it was awarded was $27,287,735.
L.S. Black Constructors is a familiar name in the barracks construction history at Fort McCoy, having built the first two of the 60,000-square-foot transient training troops barracks on post. They also recently built the new brigade headquarters building located in the same block as the barracks buildings.
Through May and June 2024, work went into preparing the site for construction. Then in July 2024, actual construction started. During August 2024, footings and foundation walls were built. And by mid-September 2024, they were ready to move upward in building construction, which again began Sept. 18 and continues now in January 2025.
The contract duration is scheduled for completion in 780 calendar days, Army Corps of Engineer contract documents show. “Current contract completion date is April 24, 2026,” Butts also wrote.
When complete, the building will be able to house up to 400 people like the other completed barracks in the same block. According to the scope of work, it’s going to 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 statement of work shows.
In the backdrop of this project is more projects, Army Corps of Engineers officials said.
Work also continues as 2025 begins by the contractor to prepare a large swath of the 1600 block on Fort McCoy’s cantonment area to construct the fiscal year 2024-funded $55.75 million Collective Training Officers Quarters Project.
The contractor for the project, BlindermanPower (Construction), which is also currently working on another major project at Fort McCoy — the fiscal year-2022 funded South Barracks Project, was awarded a contract totaling $55,759,100, according to the Army Corps of Engineers, which is overseeing the project. The notice to proceed was acknowledged on July 19, 2024. The contract duration is scheduled for completion in 1,260 calendar days.
For this project, Ken Green with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Resident Office said it calls for the construction of two new 48,000-square-foot, four-story Collective Training Officers Quarters buildings.
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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: | 01.10.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 01.10.2025 14:19 |
| Story ID: | 488912 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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