Although the bulk of stimulus dollars are aimed at small projects, the few megaprojects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are beginning to move ahead.
![In August, GSA awarded a $435.4 million design-build contract for the new U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters building in Washington, D.C. Clark Construction Group of Bethesda, Md., leads the winning team.](/images/2009/091201-8.jpg)
Among the most anticipated projects in the Mid-Atlantic region is the $500 million Mission Critical Data Center project for the Social Security Administration. In October, Jacobs Engineering of Pasadena, Calif., was awarded a contract by the U.S. General Services Administration to provide construction management services for the facility, which will be located within 40 mi of Baltimore. GSA expects to award a design-build contract on the stimulus project in spring 2011.
In August, GSA awarded a $435.4 million design-build contract for the new U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters building in Washington, D.C. Clark Construction Group of Bethesda, Md., leads the winning team, joined by St. Louis-based HOK, which will provide interior designs, landscape architecture, construction documents and administration. The Washington office of WDG Architecture is the architect of record. Chicago-based Perkins+Will created preliminary designs and bridging documents for the 1.2 million-sq-ft building, which will aim for a LEED Silver rating.
The headquarters, along with a 1,000-car parking garage, will be built on the new 4.5 million-sq-ft Homeland Security campus at the former St. Elizabeths Hospital site. Project funding includes $162 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Ground broke in September with completion expected in 2013.
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