Partnering Case Studies

Project	Project Description
184 Family Housing Unit Altus AFB, Altus, OK	This $22 million Air Force design–build military family housing project included the design and construction of 184 single–family, detached, and duplex homes on 75 acres as well as play areas, a two–mile jogging track, and an 18–hole golf course, and extensive landscaping.
Base Realignment & Closure Project Fort Leonard Wood, MO	Hensel Phelps and 74 subcontractors logged 2,026,517 man–hours, placed 45,000 cubic yards of concrete, and laid 625 miles of cable. Each individual project had its own design firm, drawings, specifications, submittal register, RFI log, and change estimate log. Both the metric and imperial systems were used.
The Bonneville 2nd Powerhouse North Bonneville, WA	The project included construction of a two–mile long pipeline, modifications to the fish collection system in Bonneville Dam's 2nd Powerhouse, and construction of buildings for fish monitoring and tagging. The contract was awarded for $28.5 million. Work began in December 1997 with a completion date of March 15, 2000, but was completed three months ahead of schedule.
Sam Rayburn Spillway Modification Jasper, TX	Project entailed replacement of an existing spillway with new labyrinth weir and spillway with a total length of 7,380 feet. Included excavation for new approach channel, stilling basin and discharge channel, structural concrete, and a relocated road 6,315 feet long.
Dover Air Force Base Dover, DE	Philadelphia District was the new design and construction agent for the Air Mobility Command (AMC) Military Construction program at Dover Air Force Base.
Tertiary Waste Water Treatment Facility Ft. Dix, NJ	Demolition of an existing facility and construction of a 4.6 MGD facility consisting of: ten new structures; a state–of–the–art Bardenpho Aeration tank system; 48,000 liner feet of 48" and 24" force main; installation of mixers, clarifiers, sludge–handling and filter equipment; and an 80–acre land application site.
Units 5 and 6 Rehabilitation Johnstown, PA	The project consisted of the repair or replacement of existing walls in Johnstown. These walls were constructed in the late 1930s and were not stable under current design criteria.
99th RSC Headquarters and OMS/AMSA Facilities Pittsburgh, PA	The project was the development of an RFP for building a 137,000 sf major training center on 35 acres. The center included administrative spaces, classrooms, an assembly hall, an arms vault, physical examination areas, and associated support spaces, as well as other related buildings.
Airport Runway Project Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia District organized an interagency partnering team in conjunction with processing a DA permit application for expansion of the Philadelphia Airport.
Ashland II Soil Remediation Tonawanda, NY	Ashland II was a FUSRAP soil remediation project with numerous stakeholders having varied expectations. Complicating issues was a rigorous completion schedule to use as a program execution indicator for successful project completion.
Breakwater Major Rehabilitation Burns Waterway Harbor Porter County, IN	This project provided for the placement of a new 4000–foot long submerged rubble mound breakwater, located 75 feet from the existing breakwater. This structure was built with 518,000 tons of stone in four layers of increasing size up to five–ton stone.
Degray Lake and Lake Greeson – Repair and Project Roads Clark and Pike Counties, AR	The project was to repair existing failed pavement areas, place granular base courses, place asphalt surfaces, place granular shoulder courses, remove and dispose existing pavement, create pavement markings, and perform environmental protection at all sites.
Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS), Site Establishment Reedy Point, DE	A new DGPS site at Reedy Point, Delaware was built to integrate into the Nationwide DGPS network, which is operated and maintained by the US Coast Guard.
DuPont Chambers Works Deepwater, NJ	This 700–acre active chemical plant was previously identified by the Department of Energy as a Formerly Used Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) site.
Fuse Plug Spillway Modification Center Hill Dam	The project schedule included milestones that coincided with flood seasons. During excavation of the existing saddle dam, which was later replaced with an erodable fuseplug, a calculated risk factor was built into the construction sequence.
Glen Foerd Historic Property Philadelphia, PA	The project consisted of repairing and rehabilitating a 100+ year–old riverwall protecting the historic Glen Foerd property from the erosive forces of the Delaware River and Poquessing Creek.
Local Flood Protection Cedar Falls, IA	The construction involved a flood control project under the Continuing Authorities Program that provided flood protection to the city of Cedar Falls, Iowa. No flood protection existed between the river and the town's business district.
Lock and Dam No. 25 Lock Dewatering/Embedded Metals St. Louis District	The Lock rehabilitation was the installation of a deep well watering system beneath the lock floor, the installation and removal of the lock bulkheads, and the design, installation, and operation of an ice control system.
Mississippi River O&M & EMP Program Contracts	There are multiple marine construction projects along 225 miles of the Upper Mississippi River from Guttenberg, Iowa, upstream to Minneapolis, Minnesota. The projects range from a small rockfill slope repair to a $4.1 million EMP project at a National Wildlife Refuge.
Whole Barracks Renewal Fort Riley, KS	The $50 million project included the demolition of old barracks and the construction of new barracks, company operations facilities, soldier community buildings, and a dining hall.
Maintenance Support Facility Seawall Upgrade Case Study NAS North Island, San Diego, CA	This project was designed to provide repair and maintenance facilities for nuclear powered aircraft carriers. The project consisted of an 80,000 sf two–story main building containing offices and a warehouse. This building was constructed of metal wall panels on top of concrete tilt–up panels clad to a structural steel frame on the exterior with masonry walls up to 40 feet high on the interior. Three additional metal storage buildings were also constructed.