NASA Awards Flight Projects Building Construction Contract

Dec. 20, 2012

Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1761
sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov

Cynthia M. O'Carroll
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
301-286-4787
cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov


CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-063

NASA AWARDS FLIGHT PROJECTS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA has selected SEMI USA Corporation of Houston to
construct the Flight Projects Building at the agency's Goddard Space
Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

This firm-fixed-price contract is valued at approximately $31 million,
with options for about $1 million worth of additional work. The
period of performance for all work is 18 months from issuance of the
Notice to Proceed on or about January 31, 2013.

The Flight Projects Building will contain 120,000 square feet of
office space distributed on four floors. The steel-frame, clear-span
structure will have glass and terracotta rain-screen panel walls with
sun-shading elements. The building also will have interior
demountable and fixed walls. Associated work includes spread-mat
foundation, new and upgraded roadways, parking, traffic signals,
perimeter site access fencing, site lighting, new and upgraded
utilities, erosion and sediment control, storm water management, and
landscaping. This new construction is designed to achieve a minimum
of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) 2009 V3
silver certification.

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