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Award: CISA headquarters
Worth: $524 million
Location: Washington, D.C.
Client: U.S. General Services Administration and the Division of Fatherland Security
The U.S. General Services Administration and Division of Fatherland Security tapped Bethesda, Maryland-based Clark Construction to construct a original company headquarters in Washington, D.C., in accordance with a data commence.
The original 630,000-square-foot federal constructing, positioned on Fatherland Security’s sprawling St. Elizabeths West campus east of the Anacostia River, will condominium the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the nation’s lead group for cyber defense and valuable infrastructure security.
The contract, valued at about $524 million, involves approximately $115.8 million in Inflation Reduction Act funding.
That’s the GSA’s largest single IRA project funding to this level as portion of the Biden-Harris Investing in The USA agenda, in accordance with the commence.
“The constructing of this headquarters underscores the authorities’s commitment to safeguarding the nation’s cyber landscape,” acknowledged Elliot Doomes, GSA’s public buildings carrier commissioner, in the commence. “Our work here moreover demonstrates how we are in a position to incorporate sustainable practices.”
The project emphasizes developed vitality-efficient programs, including chilled beams, vitality recovery air drift and a high-performance constructing envelope, in accordance with the commence. The parts unbiased to slash support the constructing’s vitality negate depth by 72% compared to other workplace buildings.
Project teams request the constructing to discontinuance LEED Gold v4 certification, and will incorporate low-embodied carbon materials equivalent to asphalt, concrete, glass and steel all the contrivance by means of constructing, in accordance with the commence. The investments unbiased to promote home manufacturing and trim vitality industries, aligning with the Biden-Harris administration’s Federal Aquire Orderly Initiative.
The addition of the CISA headquarters to the St. Elizabeths West campus is portion of an ongoing effort to consolidate the DHS into one self-discipline, in accordance with the GSA.
“The CISA project is a flagship instance of how the Biden-Harris administration is gratifying its commitment to put money into The USA, both here in Washington, D.C., and all true by means of the country,” acknowledged Robin Carnahan, GSA administrator, in the commence. “St. Elizabeths is a dwelling where hundreds of dedicated public servants work to withhold The USA stable and stumble on original technologies, so constructing will toughen those wishes.”
Clark Construction will commence work in the autumn of 2024 and plans to total the project by 2027, in accordance with the GSA.
