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The $272.2-million bid-build contract calls for a new 1,000-ft-long, 80-ft-wide pier in the waterfront area of Coddington Cove to support up to four docked vessels with critical infrastructure, including substations, water and wastewater connections and a compressed air system.
Skanska has begun the second phase second phase of construction at Naval Station Newport. R.I., for a new homeport pier that will support U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters, the service branch’s newest class of major cutter.
The $272.2-million bid-build contract, awarded last month by the Naval Facilities Systems Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic, calls for a new 1,000-ft-long, 80-ft-wide pier in the waterfront area of Coddington Cove to support up to four docked vessels with critical infrastructure, including substations, water and wastewater connections and a compressed air system.
The new pier will feature a higher deck elevation to accommodate projected sea level rise, and reduce wave damage that had contributed to deterioration of a now-demolished 70-year-old, 1,585-ft-long, 100-ft-wide structure, constructed in the mid-1950s. Also included in the project are construction of approximately 290 feet of new bulkhead, site improvements and stormwater management systems, dredging and underground utilities. All work is scheduled for completion in March 2030.
Adjacent to the new pier, Skanska is building the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s new $147-million Marine Operations Center-Atlantic Ship & Support Facility. Located on a five-acre site, the facility will coordinate NOAA’s Atlantic and Great Lakes fleet with a homeport four research vessels that includes a pier, floating dock and offices. Begun in May 2024, the project is scheduled for completion in summer 2027.
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