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Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast Stands Up

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS060609-18
Release Date: 6/9/2006 3:06:00 PM

By Senior Chief Journalist (SW/AW) Regina Adams, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Public Affairs

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast was officially established in Jacksonville, Fla., June 2.

The establishment marked NAVFAC reaching the final milestone of its transformation structural realignment, consolidating 25 component commands to 16 and aligning with Commander, Navy Installations Command regions.

"Our new global structure enables NAVFAC to provide a single Public Works delivery model, establish single-point accountability to our clients, and establish one command 'touch point' for all our products and services," said Rear Adm. Michael Loose, NAVFAC commander and chief of the Navy's Civil Engineering Corps.

NAVFAC Southern Division in Charleston, S.C., the Navy Public Works Center and Engineering Field Activity in Jacksonville, Fla. were disestablished and a new command, NAVFAC Southeast, was formed in their place. NAVFAC Southeast has more than 92 military and 1,500 civilian professional engineers, architects, skilled craftsmen, environmental specialists and acquisition professionals providing a full spectrum of facility support services to the Southeast region.

Since NAVFAC began its global transformation in 2004, a crucial cog in the process has been the consolidation of NAVFAC’s commands, formerly comprised of Engineering Field Divisions, Engineering Field Activities, Officers in Charge of Construction and Public Works Centers into Facilities Engineering Commands. These commands report to two NAVFAC commands: NAVFAC Atlantic in Norfolk, Va., and NAVFAC Pacific in Pearl Harbor. Commanding Officers are "double-hatted" as Regional Engineers.

Facilities Engineering Commands provide the Marine Corps, regional commanders, and other clients a single point of contact for all NAVFAC products and services. They also enable NAVFAC to better align and focus on regional and client requirements, surge support across regional boundaries, globally implement common business processes, eliminate redundancy and duplication, and return substantial savings to the Navy, Marine Corps, and other clients.

In addition to the completion of its structural realignment, NAVFAC incorporated 2,600 military and civilian personnel from 47 Navy public works departments (PWD) and regional engineer staffs into its organization Jan. 22. An additional 19 PWDs will join NAVFAC Oct. 1.

For related news, visit the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Navy NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/navfachq/.