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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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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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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Extensive preliminary planning
28 I THE SEAA CONNECTOR
2009 EDITION
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• 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