As of April 30, contractor L.S. Black Constructors has been at work for more than a month on a new transient training barracks in Fort McCoy's 1600 block. At the same time, demolition of old buildings in the 1600 block is also underway.
A $20.6 million contract was awarded to L.S. Black in September 2019 to build the new barracks, said Ken Green with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Resident Office at Fort McCoy. The planned completion date is currently August 2021.
Green said that as of April 24, construction was 4 percent complete. Sub-contractors were grading, excavating, duct bank work for power/communications; started working on footings for a mock wall.
The planned barracks will be different than the traditional barracks that are located throughout the installation. This new building will be four stories and able to house 400 people in approximately 60,000 square feet, Green said. It will be built with the latest in construction materials and include state-of-the-art physical security and energy-saving measures.
Master Planner Brian Harrie with the Directorate of Public Works (DPW) said the project is part of the Fort McCoy master plan, which aims to continuously upgrade the installation’s infrastructure. “This barracks building is being constructed on the west side of the site, near the recently constructed dining facility 1672, and will provide ample parking and other amenities,” Harrie said.
The project also is the first of eight new buildings planned for the 1600 block, Harrie said. The plan is to build three more barracks with the same specifications, three 20,000-square-foot brigade headquarters buildings, and one 160-room officer quarters.
As construction continues, the demolition of old 1600 block buildings will continue to prepare for future construction, Harrie said.
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.”
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