2008 Annual Report - West Virginia Army National Guard - U.S. Army

West Virginia National Guard Annual Report 2008
Facilities, Engineering and the Environment
The Construction and Facilities
Management Office supports the West Virginia
Army National Guard’s readiness and mission
accomplishment by constructing and maintaining
all facilities and training areas owned by the
State of West Virginia. The WVARNG’s Master
Plan for facilities development, FACILITIES
XXI, recommends the location of future facilities
based on force restructuring initiatives, recruiting
objectives, changing demographics, distribution
of units and the condition of existing facilities.
Since 1995, FACILITIES
XXI has resulted in the
construction or acquisition of
over one million square feet of
facilities with a cost or value
over $160 million. A primary
consideration in the development
and methodology of FACILITIES
XXI was savings to the State of
West Virginia by consolidating
armories, partnering with other
reserve components and/or local
agencies, building on federal land,
or trading existing facilities for developable
land. Since 1995, these efforts have resulted in
a savings of almost $40 million to the taxpayers
of West Virginia. Future savings are expected to
reach an additional $77 million over the next 10
years.
During fiscal year 2008, $42.6 million
of construction projects were underway. A $6.5
million addition to the Kingwood Armed Forces
Reserve Center was awarded to Poerio, Inc. of
Pittsburgh, Pa. This expansion will provide over
17,000 square feet of additional
space for the Special Operations
Detachment, Europe and the 753rd
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Detachment, two units that were
not in the force structure when the
Kingwood AFRC was completed
almost 10 years ago. A $1.5
million rehabilitation of the lower
range complex at Camp Dawson
was completed by Manheim
Corporation, also of Pittsburgh.
Manheim also initiated construction
on a 25,500 square foot, $14
million project to provide West
Virginia ChalleNGe program cadets
with state-of-the-art educational, counseling
and administrative facilities. A $2.5 million
contract was awarded to Wiseman Construction
Company of Charleston to improve the access
road at the Eleanor complex and for construction
of a storage building. Site preparation contracts
were also negotiated through the State
Conservation Agency to the Monongahela and
Tygart Valley Conservation Districts for a $4.5
million Multipurpose Range and a $9.9 million
Multipurpose Building at Camp Dawson.
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