New Army Communications Facility Completed by NAVFAC Hawaii
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS100818-09
8/18/2010
By Thomas Obungen, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii Public Affairs
PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii completed final building inspections Aug. 11 for the U.S. Army 53rd Signal Battalion's new Wideband Satellite Communication Operations Center (WSOC) aboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), Wahiawa Annex.
"This new state-of-the-art building will enable the company's world-class satellite communications support to the warfighter" said Capt. Daniel Zisa, 53rd Signal Battalion D Company commander. "We are excited to partner with the Navy in this endeavor."
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific awarded the firm-fixed price design-bid-build contract to Watts Constructors LLC of Honolulu in December 2008 for $25.376 million. NAVFAC Hawaii executed the project from its resident officer in charge of construction Wahiawa office.
The high-tech 28,244 square-foot facility incorporated environmentally-sustainable elements into the design, and it is a prototype for other WSOC locations in Maryland and Germany.
"This project is unique in both its design and construction," said Cori-Ann Kuromoto, ROICC Wahiawa project manager. "It was designed to meet LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver standards by incorporating low-flow restroom fixtures, the use of landscaping with xeriscape principles, and using adhesives, sealants, paints, coatings and a carpet system containing low volatile organic compounds (compounds that affect the environment)."
The WSOC building is the second major communications facility NAVFAC Hawaii has constructed at the JBPHH Wahiawa Annex.
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