Contractors complete new parking area on Fort McCoy’s cantonment

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Contractors prepare a new parking area Oct. 26, 2018, near East 12th Avenue and East M. Street on the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis. The contractor was Allcon Construction of Butler, Wis. Gerke Excavating of Tomah, Wis., served as a subcontractor on the project. The contract amount for the project was $447,000, and it was completed at the end of November. The lot was constructed with more than 10,000 cubic yards of gravel and will be used by transient training troops to park their equipment while at the cantonment area. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

12.12.2018

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                        

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Service members coming to Fort McCoy for transient troop training now have another area for parking as contractors recently finished a 196,000 square foot lot on the cantonment area.

The contractor was Allcon Construction of Butler, Wis. Gerke Excavating of Tomah, Wis., served as a subcontractor on the project, said Construction Inspection Branch Chief Dan Hanson with the Directorate of Public Works.

“The contract amount for the project was $447,000, and it was complete at the end of November,” Hanson said.

“The lot was constructed with more than 10,000 cubic yards of gravel.”
The lot is located in an area that is convenient for troops to access on the cantonment area.

“The parking lot was constructed to support military vehicle requirements for annual training, major exercises, and mobilization if called upon,” said Engineering Division Chief Daniel Coburn with DPW.

Fort McCoy continues to be a high-volume training venue as 148,733 personnel trained at the installation in fiscal year (FY) 2018 — just a few thousand under the record number of troops who trained on post in FY 2017, which was 155,975.

Fort McCoy first broke the 100,000 troop training level in fiscal year 1985.

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 each 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.

• Date Taken: 12.12.2018
• Date Posted: 12.12.2018 11:47
• Story ID: 303192
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US
• Hometown: BUTLER, WI, US
• Hometown: TOMAH, WI, US