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I'm Colonel Steve Messenger garrison

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commander of Fort mccoy Wisconsin . And

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behind me are our two new 400 soldier

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barracks where we just got funding for

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another two to go in to complete our

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quad , but to make room for the new ,

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we got to move the old and behind us

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are four World War II barracks , two of

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which we've already moved and today

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we're going to learn how to pick up a

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building , move at a quarter mile and

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make way for our new facilities . Join

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us with Gareth Ferguson DPW behind the

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tribe , Gareth . Hey , thanks for

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having me out here . So , how long have

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you been working here ? Uh I've been

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working here since August of 2021 .

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What's your official job here ? My

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official job is a general engineer for

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GP W . I'm a contracting officers

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representative . What's the , what's

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the best part about working on for uh

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work life balance and the people that I

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get to work with ? So what are we doing

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out here today ? We are prepping the

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two buildings that are left on site to

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move them off site so that we can build

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a new barracks . Can you kind of walk

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us through the process of how we

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already move these two buildings . What

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the contractor ended up doing was

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digging out around the foundations ,

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getting them disconnected , getting

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these eye beams underneath and then

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they jack them up hydraulically , then

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they slide some axles underneath them

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and the axles take them out on a big

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joystick controller . Yeah , they

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almost let me drive the drone thing .

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But at the last minute they said , no ,

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each of these barracks holds 50

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soldiers . Why are we moving them ?

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Versus building new ones over there ?

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Moving these four barracks ? The

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project cost is less than it would be

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for us to build one new barracks . So

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being able to keep them and maintain

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them is an advantage for us . How much

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does it cost to move a building ? Uh ,

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it's roughly $400,000 a piece . This

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entire project is 1.7 million . What's

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the top speed of a building on Fort M ?

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Uh , top speed of a building as , as

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far as the contractors are concerned is

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nine MPH . I could be faster than a

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building . So where these two buildings

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go to , they're about a quarter mile

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down the road . Can we go see them ?

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Absolutely check it out . So , here are

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the two buildings we move , Garrett .

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Why are we doing this in the winter

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time ? Well , the winter time , the

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ground is frozen and it makes it easier

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for the contractors to be able to move

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heavy objects around . How about the

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foundation ? We're going to pour that

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in the winter ? Uh , no , we're going

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to wait a little bit . We'll have to

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have warmer weather before we can start

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working with concrete . All right . So

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what are the next steps for these two

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buildings ? Next steps for these two

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buildings ? They'll move just a little

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bit over there into the 1600 block .

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Are you a professional building mover

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now ? Absolutely . I really appreciate

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all you're doing out here . This is

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incredibly great recycling and the

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future of Fort mccoy and you are a huge

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part of it . Thanks for what you do .

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Thank you , sir . So the landscape of

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Fort mccoy is slowly changing here .

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There will be four new barracks , 400

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beds each 1600 total , but the legacy

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remains the same with the World War II

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barracks . They've been here for 80

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years . They're going to be here for at

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least 80 more . Thanks to some

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incredible work by the directorate of

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public works . Can't thank them enough .

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And all the people who are going into

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making Fort mccoy continue to do great

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things . We will see you next time

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behind the