Photo Essay: Fiscal year ‘19-funded barracks project closer to completion at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Construction of a new multi-million dollar transient troop training barracks is shown June 11, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Contractor L.S. Black Constructors was awarded a $20.6 million contract to build the barracks in September 2019. The planned completion date is currently August 2021. The planned barracks will be different than the traditional barracks that are located throughout the installation. This new building is four stories and be able to house 400 people in approximately 60,000 square feet. The project also is the first of eight new buildings planned for the entire 1600 block at Fort McCoy. 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. This is an Army Corps of Engineers-managed project. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

06.28.2021

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                      

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Construction of a new multi-million dollar transient troop training barracks is shown June 11, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Contractor L.S. Black Constructors was awarded a $20.6 million contract to build the barracks in September 2019.

The planned completion date is currently August 2021.

The planned barracks will be different than the traditional barracks that are located throughout the installation.

This new building is four stories and be able to house 400 people in approximately 60,000 square feet.

The project also is the first of eight new buildings planned for the entire 1600 block at Fort McCoy.

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.

This is an Army Corps of Engineers-managed project.

By the numbers, Fort McCoy’s total economic impact for fiscal year 2020 was an estimated $1.479 billion, above the $1.184 billion reported for FY 2019, garrison officials announced.

The data was compiled by Fort McCoy’s Plans, Analysis and Integration Office. Fiscal yer 2020 operating costs of $194.4 million included utilities, physical plant maintenance, repair and improvements, new construction projects, purchases of supplies and services, as well as salaries for civilian contract personnel working at Fort McCoy.

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.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.” Also try downloading the Digital Garrison app to your smartphone and set "Fort McCoy" or another installation as your preferred base.

• Date Taken: 06.28.2021
• Date Posted: 06.28.2021 17:23
• Story ID: 399931
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US