| GSA Invests $1 Billion in Recovery Act Construction Projects Nationwide |
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GSA Projects Will Yield Higher-Performing, Money-Saving, Greener Federal Buildings WASHINGTON — The U.S. General Services Administration marked a major milestone in its implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as it brought its total investments in construction projects to more than $1 billion. “Given the intent of the Recovery Act to stimulate the economy and put people back to work, we set a very aggressive goal to obligate our first $1 billion by the end of July,” said GSA Acting Administrator Paul Prouty. “With that goal met, our focus now is to continue to get shovels in the ground as quickly as possible.” GSA was appropriated $5.5 billion under the Recovery Act to convert federal buildings into high-performance green buildings and build new energy-efficient federal buildings, courthouses, and land ports of entry. “These projects will modernize our nation’s infrastructure and save taxpayer dollars by reducing the federal government’s consumption of energy and water, and increase our use of clean and renewable sources of energy,” Prouty added. “Through our use of state-of-the-art green technologies, our construction projects are creating jobs in traditional construction sectors and in emerging green industries,” said GSA Acting Commissioner of Public Buildings Anthony Costa. “We’re driving growth and innovation that will ensure American leadership in the new energy economy of the future.” GSA’s first $1 billion in Recovery Act investments is funding projects at 120 buildings across the country. For example, in Austin, Texas, GSA is designing and building a new courthouse which will meet both the future needs of the courts as well as security requirements. In Otay Mesa, Cal., GSA is developing a Land Port of Entry that will accommodate better commercial traffic flow, and have new primary inspection booths as well as office and processing areas. And in Boston, Mass., GSA is improving energy performance while enhancing security at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building by installing energy efficient, blast resistant windows surrounded by improved insulation. GSA will obligate its remaining $4.5 billion in Recovery Act construction funds by September 30, 2011. Prouty noted that contract bids are coming in, on average, approximately 8 - 10 percent lower than expected, allowing GSA to fund additional high performance features in existing projects, and using existing criteria, consider funding additional projects with the goal of continuing to stimulate the real estate, construction, and manufacturing sectors of the economy. The following is the list of GSA federal buildings and projects for which construction contracts have been awarded. AR, Little Rock U.S. Courthouse (escalation) $6,950,000 AZ, Nogales West U.S. Land Port of Entry $998,495 CA, Bakersfield U.S. Courthouse $80,441 CA, Los Angeles 300 North LA Federal Building $13,689,206 CA, Otay Mesa U.S. Land Port of Entry $16,004,898 CO, Boulder David Skaggs Research Center $114,127 CO, Denver Byron White US Courthouse $80,977 CO, Denver Byron Rogers Federal Building $130,845 CO, Fort Collins Federal Building-Post Office $36,600 CO, Lakewood Denver Federal Center Infrastructure $47,653,116 CO, Lakewood DFC - Multiple Buildings $208,213 CT, Bridgeport Brien McMahon US Courthouse $27,685 CT, New Haven Robert N Giaimo Federal Building $29,743 DC, Washington 1800 F Street Building (Phase 1) $276,824 DC, Washington DHS Consolidation and Development of St. Elizabeths Campus $834,254 DC, Washington Herbert Hoover Building (Phase II and III) $157,549,534 DC, Washington Lafayette (Phase I) $1,262,114 DC, Washington Mary Switzer (Phase 1) $43,414,000 DC, Washington St. Elizabeths West Campus Infrastructure $7,479,166 DC, Washington Truman Building $3,770,651 DE, Wilmington J. Caleb Boggs Courthouse Federal Building $10,918 FL, Orlando, Young U.S. Courthouse $35,000,000 FL, Tampa Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse (escalation) $13,590,182 HI, Hilo Federal Building (Escalation) $5,339,603 HI, Honolulu Prince Kuhio Kanaianaole Federal Building-Courthouse (Phase I) $22,707,712 IA, Des Moines Neal Smith Federal Building $102,392 IA, Sioux City Federal Building & US Courthouse $83,686 IL, Chicago 536 S. Clark Street Federal Building $2,461,717 IL, Chicago Chicago Federal Center $49,423 IL, Chicago Customhouse $158,352 IL, Chicago Federal Center $2,606,709 IL, Chicago Kluczynski Federal Building & U.S. Postal Service Loop Station $10,490,423 IL, Chicago Metcalfe Building $256,988 IL, Chicago State Street South - 10 West Jackson $1,657,493 IL, Urbana U.S. Courthouse $104,951 IN, Hammond U.S. Courthouse $190,927 IN, Indianapolis Birch Bayh US Courthouse $56,638,939 IN, Indianapolis Major General Emmett J. Bean (Phase I - PV and Design) $5,138,198 IN, Indianapolis Minton-Capehart Federal Building $47,068,424 KS, Kansas City Robert J. Dole US Courthouse $209,665 KS, Wichita US Courthouse $4,155,083 MA, Andover IRS Service Center $61,916,565 MA, Boston JFK Federal Building $199,483 MA, Boston O'Neil Federal Building $50,191 MD, Woodlawn, CMS Headquarters Complex $77,814 ME, Bangor Margaret Chase Smith U.S. Post Office Courthouse $3,203,338 ME, Calais U.S. Land Port of Entry (escalation) $3,874,803 ME, Van Buren U.S. Land Port of Entry $257,818 ME, Portland Edward T. Gignoux Courthouse $48,222 MI, Ann Arbor Federal Building $156,045 MI, Detroit McNamara Federal Building Complex $3,300,000 MI, Detroit Rosa Parks Federal Building $56,474 MI, Detroit Theodore Levin US Courthouse $155,527 MI, Grand Rapids G R Ford Federal & Courthouse $92,950 MI, Lansing Charles Chamberlain $79,754 MI, Sault Ste Marie US Border Station $79,032 MN, Fort Snelling Whipple Federal Building $8,668,174 MN, Minneapolis US Courthouse $247,224 MO, Kansas City 8930 Ward Parkway $153,127 MO, St Louis Thomas Eagleton US Courthouse $3,377,863 MO, St. Louis Goodfellow Federal Complex $8,317,000 MO, St. Louis Robert Young Federal Building $164,200 MS, Jackson McCoy Federal Building $64,943,258 MS, Jackson U.S. Courthouse (escalation) $830,937 MT, Billings U.S. Courthouse $3,072,839 MT, Bozeman Federal Building-Post Office Bozeman $29,099 ND, Bismark William L. Guy Federal Building - Post Office - Courthouse $44,684 ND, Fargo Federal Building-Courthouse $31,811 ND, Fargo Federal Building-Post Office $42,962 NE, North Platte Federal Building $5,477,822 NE, Omaha Edward Zorinski Federal Building $20,811 NE, Omaha Hruska Courthouse $566 NH, Concord Warren B. Rudman US Courthouse $49,530 NJ, Newark, Peter Rodino Federal Building $3,450,792 NM, Columbus U.S. Land Port of Entry $2,390,352 NY, Brooklyn Emanuel Celler US Courthouse $4,652,250 NY, Brooklyn General Post Office $58,437,699 NY, New York Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse (escalation) $64,000,000 OH, Cincinnati Potter Stewart US Courthouse $161,828 OH, Cincinnati, John W. Peck Federal Building $218,477 OH, Cleveland Carl B Stokes U.S. Courthouse $167,477 OH, Cleveland Metzenbaum US Courthouse $94,350 OH, Columbus Kinneary US Courthouse $465,450 OH, Dayton Federal Building & US Courthouse $1,464,782 OH, Youngstown Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building $50,948 OH, Youngstown Thomas D Lambros Federal Office Building $98,503 OK, Tulsa US Courthouse $2,699,903 OR, Baker David J. Wheeler Federal Building $116,950 OR, Portland BPA Building $234,849 OR, Portland Edith Green-Wyndell Wyatt Federal Building $1,500,000 PA, Philadelphia Veterans Administration Center $4,928,006 PA, Philadelphia Byrne-Green Complex $130,878 PA, Philadelphia US Customhouse $1,585,333 PR, San Juan FBI Field Office Consolidation $1,081,971 RI, Providence Federal Bldg US Courthouse $25,085 RI, Providence J O Pastore FB US Post Office $21,616 SD, Rapid City Federal Building-Courthouse $30,260 TX, Austin U.S. Courthouse $106,811,306 TX, Galveston US Post Office and Courthouse $368,111 TX, Houston G.T. Leland Federal Building $403,645 TX, San Antonio Hippolito Garcia U.S. Courthouse $37,257,286 UT, Ogden IRS Service Center $134,898 UT, Salt Lake City Wallace F Bennett Federal Building $125,579 VA, Richmond Robert Merhige US Courthouse $53,369 VA, Roanoke, Poff Federal Building $525,868 VT, Burlington Federal Bldg US Post Office Courthouse $43,205 WA, Auburn GSA Auburn Warehouse $99,653 WA, Blaine Peace Arch U.S. Land Port of Entry (escalation) $26,284,708 WA, Richland Fed Bldg U.S. Post Office & Courthouse $166,121 WA, Seattle Jackson Federal Building $812,952 WA, Spokane Fed Bldg U.S. Post Office $129,477 WA, Spokane Foley U.S. Courthouse $558,702 WI, Madison US Courthouse $100,740 WI, Milwaukee Fed Building & U.S. Courthouse $114,565 WV, Charleston Robert C. Byrd FB & Courthouse $192,586 WV, Huntington Federal Building $107,871 WV, Martinsburg 244 Needy Road $126,453 WY, Cheyenne Joseph C O'Mahoney Federal Center $70,421 Nationwide Building Operations $9,270,226 Total $1,059,228,516 |
