Distributed Ground Station

This project involved the construction of a 120,000 square feet High Security Operations Center, which included 80,000 square feet of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility /Operational Areas and 20,000 square feet of Maintenance/Storage Building.

Included in this building are administrative areas, conference rooms, storage, lobbies, classrooms, training rooms, supply and work rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms, Boiler and Fire Pump Room, UPS and CER Room with four 400 KVA Units, Telecommunication and Fusion Cell Room, System Support Room, Mission Communication, Planning and Briefing Room with 75 % of the project being a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility.

Due to poor soils, Dynamic Compaction was performed on the site saving the project $500,000 by not have to use a deep foundation system with pile caps and grade beams.

The building consisted of brick veneer walls on a metal framing system, supported by the structural steel frame. The roof was constructed using a standing seam metal roofing system. The mechanical rooms included a chiller/boiler room, air handling unit rooms and plumbing/fire suppression system equipment.

The site included an enclosed equipment yard and parking spaces.

Contained in the building are multiple systems with 100% redundancy including, communications, life safety, and HVAC.