SEAA Connector 2009

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PROJECT OF THE YEAR: CLASS II

P-201V

U.S.NAVY

Buckner Companies Garners Category II Project of the Year By A. Keith Holshaosen_,C[ng, rICE

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f..::dpart of the '\var dfort,n it can he ve-ry rewaixling. P 201 V, ,vas a:n urgent operational ·re<Juireme,,t 'flw rww lwlic-opkr hingar, d1...·sig11atc<l

sc-hed1..ile. The handover <latt: was cast in $lone, so can.-ful prcplann.in.gwas the name ofrhc garnc. En.:c:ling240-fool clc3Tspan n-u::::~e-~ int1·0<lu<-e<l .in c·lc·m(·ntof risk th;:i,th.1.<I to be carefully manag~<l. and

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Our agreed erection schcdul<' <'ncompasscd 10 weeks. \1/c.:,vcrc crc<·ting a 60-fi><>thigh

hangar th.'ltcovered 28,()00 square feet of co1umn-freeintcricu· spac·~·a1ul induclc..·cl 560 tons of structural st<·C'L Th(•hangar would acconunodatc three.·larg<'hdioopters. Buckner

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,vas no ~trangt"r

Extensive preliminary planning

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Virginia

Navy Uascs,

• Project Name: P201V - U.S. Navy Helicopter Hanger

• Localion: Norfolk, VA • Owner: N.aval Facilities Engineering Command - Mid-Atlantic

Division

• Fabricator: SteelFab of Virginia • Erector: Buckner Companies

•General Contractor: M.A. Mortenson • Detailer: Prodraft • Architect: Transyslems


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