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NAVFAC Celebrates Completion of Camp Pendleton's Newest Generation of Buildings

Navy News Service

Story Number: NNS110923-01
9/23/2011

By Mario T. Icari, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest Public Affairs

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest personnel, contractors, and members of the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton community celebrated the completion of a bachelor enlisted quarters (BEQ) project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 12.

Members of the official party included Combat Logistics Regiment (CLR) 17 Commanding Officer Col. James W. Clark, CLR 17 Headquarters and Support Company Maintenance Management Clerk Lance Cpl. Jose G. Pineda, and Hensel Phelps Soltek Construction Company Operations Manager Pete LeClaire.

NAVFAC Southwest awarded a $116.9 million contract to Hensel Phelps Soltek (joint venture) Sept. 18, 2009, for the construction of four multi-story BEQs. The 483,573 square-foot quarters will accommodate 1,588 enlisted personnel and includes eight American Disabilities Act-compliant rooms.

"This BEQ complex as a whole is designed and constructed as a community allowing the Marines to have not only a good quality of life in their own BEQ rooms, but also gives them the facilities to participate in communal activities, passive and active sports, and training functions," said Alberto Equihua, NAVFAC Southwest project design manager.

"The community centers for each barracks have a theater, training lounge, multipurpose room, large laundry room, kitchen, café, a duty and reception desk and suite, wireless setup for video conferencing, an atrium, fire place, lounge, vending areas, and restrooms," he continued.

"In addition, 60-inch plasma high definition televisions are located throughout all major gathering areas in the community centers. For recreation, outside facilities include basketball courts, volleyball courts, a tennis court, shade pavilions, horseshoe pits, a central amphitheater, and outdoor covered areas with built-in barbecues," said Equihua.

An extensive walkway system is provided throughout the site to connect all parts of the complex that include parking areas, outdoor recreational facilities, as well as connection to adjacent facilities in the neighborhood. A pedestrian bridge crosses an existing wetlands/stream in compliance with very strict environmental protection requirements.

The building design provides aesthetically pleasing facades with projections and recesses, changes in exterior color and textures of the concrete block walls, and varying roof profiles. Site improvements also include earthwork, grading, landscaping, sidewalks, courts, shade structures, roadways access, lighting, and signage.

"This project is one of the latest examples of Best of Breed BEQs that allow for a high volume of activity, built with clerestory windows, and displays high quality hotel-like finishes which will greatly enhance the quality of life of the Marines," said Equihua.

The project was built with U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold in mind. Nearly one mile of reclaimed water main was installed to enhance reclaimed service to Camp Pendleton. Photovoltaic systems were installed at each BEQ and supplies 215 kilowatts of power which is 6.5 percent of the complex's electrical load. Day lighting using clerestory windows and the use of high-efficiency lighting in BEQ units improve energy conservation in the facility.