NAPLES, Italy (NNS) -- A member of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Europe Africa Southwest Asia (EURAFSWA) team was awarded the 2013 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Environmental Award for Environmental Quality March 19.

MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS) -- A contract was awarded for approximately $2.5 million to Schneider Electric USA, INC for a Design-Build Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) System at Naval Support Activity Bahrain Feb. 23, 2012 and the work was completed March 31, 2014.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $5.4 million contract April 17 to Industrial Power Systems, Inc., of Maumee, Ohio, to replace underground piping at the Navy Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) in Jacksonville, Florida.

NORFOLK (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic kicked off their Earth Day events with an event at the Naval Station Norfolk Navy Exchange April 18.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded Potomac-Hudson Engineering Inc. of Gaithersburg, Maryland a $30 million contract for architect-engineering (A-E) services April 9.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific and NAVFAC Hawaii partnered with Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor (NAVSUP FLCPH) April 22 to participate in the fifth annual Earth Day Fair on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH).

PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM Hawaii (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii Energy Team is currently executing a pilot project awarded to contractor, Sumo-Nan JV II to improve current air conditioning systems in Buildings 16, 81, and 259 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH).

YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Far East has been recognized for its outstanding safety program for the second consecutive year.

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $13.96 million firm-fixed price contract to FTSI-Phelps Joint Venture, a small business firm of Irvine, Calif., for the design and construction of a low-rise composite shop and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) Ground Support Equipment (GSE) holding shed at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, April 16.

NORFOLK (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic took home five awards in the Fiscal Year 2013 Secretary of the Navy Environmental Awards, announced March 31.

SILVERDALE, Wash. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northwest awarded a firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award waterfront contract for design-build or design-bid-build construction with a combined maximum dollar value of $99 million to six contractors yesterday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast received notification March 19 a project designed in-house for Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field, Fla. has been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification as established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI).

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast handed over a new 46,300 square-foot paint and blast facility onboard Marine Corps Support Facility April 3 in Jacksonville, Fla.

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $25.69 million firm-fixed-price task order under a multiple award construction contract April 10 to Guam MACC Builders A JV, a large business of Honolulu, Hawaii, for the design and construction of an emergent repair facility at Naval Base Guam.

GREAT LAKES (NNS) -- Representatives of Naval Station Great Lakes, Navy Drug Screening Lab (NDSL) Great Lakes, Public Works Department Great Lakes and Chicago-based small business Blinderman Construction Company gathered to mark the "topping off," or placing of the final roofing beam, for NDSL's new home, April 7.

Jacksonville, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $1.5 million contract March 28, to Dakota Meyer Enterprises (DME) Inc., a small business based in Campbellsville, Kentucky, for a wastewater treatment facility project at Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville, Texas.

PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii and contractor Nan Inc. completed repairs of the historic water tank/signal tower located near the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY/IMF) on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), April 9.

KINGS BAY, Ga. (NNS) -- Naval Submarine Base (NSB) Kings Bay Public Works Department (PWD) completed construction on a 30-kilowatt (kW) solar carport and celebrated the event with a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 3.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NNS) -- Mike Wright, a Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic natural resources specialist at Naval Air Station Oceana, has been recognized for her work with a first place finish in the Natural Resources Conservation (Individual or Team) category of the Fiscal Year 2013 Secretary of the Navy Environmental Awards.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists (AAEES) announced March 27 that Navy Region Southwest (NRSW) is an honor award winner of the Academy's 2014 National Excellence in Environmental Engineering & Science competition for environmental sustainability.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded Bilbro Construction Company Inc. of Escondido an $11 million firm-fixed-price task order under a multiple award construction contract March 24 for a tracked vehicle maintenance cover at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, Calif.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast environmental teams' contributions were recognized as two Navy installations received prestigious U.S. Navy environmental honors.