JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $22.9 million firm-fixed-price contract July 2 to Bristol General Contractors, LLC, from Anchorage, Alaska, for a Mission Training Complex at Shaw Air Force Base (AFB) in Sumter, South Carolina.

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $99 million indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity architect-engineer contract July 9 to MNDPI Pacific JV, of Honolulu, Hawaii, for architect-engineer services for various structural and waterfront projects and other projects at various locations within the NAVFAC Pacific area of operations.

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded today a $100 million indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity architect-engineer contract to ASMD LLC, of Honolulu, Hawaii, for design and engineering services for the development of infrastructure and facilities covered by the Defense Policy Review Initiative at various locations within the NAVFAC Pacific area of operations.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Capt. Jorge R. Cuadros relieved Capt. Mike Monreal as Commanding Officer Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast and Navy Region Southeast Regional Engineer in a virtual change of command ceremony July 9 onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville. Commander, NAVFAC Atlantic Rear Adm. Dean VanderLey was the presiding officer for the ceremony.

SILVERDALE, Wash. (NNS) -- Capt. Ben Miller relieved Capt. Chad Brooks as Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Northwest during a change of command ceremony on board Naval Base Kitsap Bangor July 9.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast said goodbye to long time civil service employee Michele Smith, utility analyst, June 18, during a retirement ceremony held to honor her remarkable career spanning over 48 years.

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Navy water consumers in Hawaii may view their 2020 Water Quality Report, also known as Consumer Confidence Report, online.

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (NNS) -- The nation is facing one of the worst pandemics in over 100 years, but no one would suspect that if they visited Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi. The McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk training aircraft are still buzzing the skies and students safely fill classrooms.

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (NNS) -- NAVFAC EXWC’s Marine Test Bed (MTB) Team has been awarded the 2020 Dr. Delores M. Etter Award for their accomplishments in successfully installing and reaching initial operational capabilities for phase one of their 20-year Department of the Navy (DoN) project.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- At a time when the United States was dealing with a new paradigm caused by the COVID-19 National Emergency, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast Public Works Department (PWD) Panama City has not stopped providing construction and repair work at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Panama City to keep the Navy, Marine Corps and Department of Defense at the ready.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- As the nation has been in the throes of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic for most of 2020, the team at Public Works Department (PWD) New Orleans developed ways to ensure social distancing did not get in the way of progress on one of their major construction projects.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest will host a digital hiring fair, June 26 through 27 online, to seek out positions to be filled at Naval Base Ventura County.

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific, in partnership with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 Seabees worked together to overcome COVID-19 by performing innovative virtual site visits on Tinian.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded Cardno – Amec Foster Wheeler Joint Venture of Charlottesville, Virginia, a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract $50 million contract, June 10 in San Diego, for Marine Corps facilities assessments utilizing BUILDER Sustainment Management System at various Marine Corps installations worldwide.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $49 million multiple award construction contract to Bristol Prime Construction, LLC from Anchorage, Alaska, ENCANTO Facility Services 2, LLC from El Paso, Texas, WEIL Construction Inc. from Alvarado, Texas, and VELIZ Construction, LLC, from El Paso, Texas, June 4, for construction projects located at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NAS JRB) Fort Worth, Texas.

HONOLULU, Hi. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $9 million cost-plus-award-fee task order modification under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award contract on June 2 to AECOM Technical Services Inc. of Los Angeles, California, for the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) Advanced Studies, part three at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY& IMF).

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded $99 million dollar contract, June 1, to TTS/LTS JV LLC of Leavenworth, Kansas, and Chugach Consolidated Solutions LLC of Anchorage, Alaska for grounds maintenance and pavement clearance services at Navy and Marine Corps installations located primarily within NAVFAC Southwest’s area of operations.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast partnered with Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP), the Army Corps of Engineers, Air Force Civil Engineering Command and Fleet Logistics Center to extend the life span of Navy fuel tanks.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) signed a lease, May 27, with developer Bright Canyon Energy (BCE) to construct and operate a 2.5-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic system with 2.5-MW battery storage capacity on approximately 8.3 acres of land at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach (NWSSB) Detachment Norco.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $2.74 million contract to Central Southern Construction Corp from Jacksonville, Florida, May 27, to repave Yorktown Avenue onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville.

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded today a $10 million firm-fixed price contract to Icon SI (Aust) Pty Ltd of South Perth, WA Australia for the construction of Earth Covered Magazines (ECM) at Royal Australian Air Force Base, Tindal, Australia.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded a $30 million Capital Improvements Architect-Engineer (AE) IDIQ contract, May 14, for cost engineering, value engineering and scheduling services at various Navy, Marine Corps, and government facilities in NAVFAC Southwest’s Area of Responsibility (AOR).

MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- Naval Support Activity (NSA) Mid-South successfully energized a new primary electrical feeder line to the installation on May 17, a substantial milestone in securing the base’s energy resilience.

NORFOLK, Virginia (NNS) -- A Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic naval officer assigned to Public Works Department New London, Connecticut, rescued a driver from an overturned car May 15.

MARINE CORPS BASE BUTLER, OKINAWA, Japan (NNS) -- Without the ability to meet face to face due to COVID-19 and physical distancing requirements and travel restrictions, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Far East held the first virtual streaming Industry Day event May 20 at Marine Corps Base Butler, Okinawa, Japan.

JACKSONVILLE, Fl. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast’s Contingency Engineering Response Team (CERT) will head in to the 2020 Hurricane Season with new technology. This year, the team will have a couple of new tools available to help them conduct damage assessments both on the ground and from the sky.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (NNS) -- NAVFAC Southwest Public Private Venture (PPV) along with its partner Lincoln Military Housing and Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore started a program May 4 to help protect the fleet from the novel coronavirus pandemic by moving Sailors permanently assigned to the air station from on base barracks to vacant PPV family housing units. This allowed healthy Sailors from deploying units to be isolated prior to their deployment.

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The NAVFAC Washington Transportation Team operating out of Public Works Department Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) is set to resume transportation services to federal workers and military members serving at the Pentagon and installations throughout the National Capital Region on Tuesday, May 26.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $30 million multiple award contract to A-VET/MGC A Joint Venture, LLC (small business) from Warner Robins, Georgia, CYE Enterprises, Inc. (small business) from Jacksonville, Florida and Pacific Tech Construction, Inc. (large business) from Kelso, Washington, May 20, for roofing construction projects located at three key installations in the Florida panhandle.

MERIDIAN, Miss. (NNS) -- Employees of Public Works Department (PWD) Meridian implemented a new work schedule that has shown positive results in continuing to support military personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (NNS) -- The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) announced, April 20, the selection of Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake and Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Seal Beach as winners of the 2020 Secretary of the Navy Environmental Awards.

ASAN, Guam (NNS) -- The Navy signed a memorandum of understanding with the Guam Waterworks Authority, May 8, signaling its One Guam commitment to continue improvements to Guam’s water systems’ capability, redundancy and resiliency.

ASAN, Guam (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas professionals are lending a hand in COVID-19 response by supporting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ hotel to healthcare and arena to healthcare initiatives.

Key West, Florida (NNS) -- Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West Public Works Department conducted an informal groundbreaking ceremony April 24 symbolizing the beginning of construction for a new Navy Gateway Inn & Suites (NGIS) facility. Due to COVID-19, a traditional groundbreaking ceremony could not be held.

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hi. (NNS) -- Mr. Dave Pedersen, human resources director Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii, was notified on April 23 of his selection to receive the 2019 Department of the Navy Civilian Human Resources Office and Equal Employment Opportunity Community Award for Excellence in Leadership.

SANTA RITA, Guam (NNS) -- Three unoccupied barracks buildings were refurbished at the U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG) Ordnance Annex in Santa Rita and will soon be used to house unaccompanied Sailors, once again.

NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic forward-deployed teams sent to provide support for “Whole-of-Nation” efforts in combating COVID-19, successfully wrapped up their work last week in Detroit, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest is soliciting proposals from industry to achieve Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego’s energy security objectives.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest on April 14 awarded a $99.8 million task order for the design and construction of 25 new ordnance magazines and an inert storage facility at Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest on April 14 awarded a $99.8 million task order for the design and construction of 25 new ordnance magazines and an inert storage facility at Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California.

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $128 million firm-fixed price contract to Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd. of Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan April 14 for the construction of a concrete fixed single pier at Command Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded a not-to-exceed $2.6 million contract March 19 for critical cleaning and disinfecting of areas with confirmed COVID-19 cases at military facilities in the NAVFAC Southwest area of responsibility.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest announced, April 2, the selections of Builder 1st Class Jeffrey M. Jutz as Senior Sailor of the Quarter, Construction Electrician 2nd Class Bryan G. Terrazas as Junior Sailor of the Quarter, and Builder Constructionman Luis R. Medina as Blue Jacket of the Quarter.

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii awarded a $54,279,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of an Undersea Operational Training Facility (UOTC) April 15 to Hensel Phelps Construction Co., of Honolulu, Hawaii. The contract also contains one Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment line item and one unexercised option, which if awarded would increase cumulative contract value to $57,494,949.

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities (NAVFAC) Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (EXWC) has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic through the use of the command’s additive manufacturing capabilities.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded a $99 million multiple award service contract, April 3, in San Diego for custodial services at U.S. Navy and Marine Corps installations located primarily within NAVFAC Southwest’s area of responsibility (AOR).

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $118 million firm-fixed price contract to Nan Inc. of Honolulu, Hawaii March 31 for the construction of a bachelor enlisted quarters (BEQ) at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

ASAN, Guam (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas awarded a contract with a maximum amount of $25 million to Landscape Management Systems, Inc., a Guam-based small business, for environmental services at Joint Region Marianas (JRM).

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded a $57.2 million construction contract, March 26, for the renovation and addition to a hangar, and new construction of an aircraft parking apron and parking facility at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona.

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded an $8.5 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract modification for the exercise of the fourth option period under an IDIQ contract to Centerra Group LLC of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, March 27 for base operations support (BOS) services at military and civilian installations in the Republic of Singapore.

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $103 million firm-fixed-price contract to Caddell-Nan JV, of Montgomery, Alabama, March 25 for the construction of bachelor enlisted quarters (BEQ) at Joint Region Marianas on Naval Base Guam.

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (NNS) -- Dozens of companies joined a recent Department of the Navy (DoN) developers' conference webinar signaling strong interest in the Public-Private Partnership (P3) proposal to reimagine approximately 70 acres of land adjacent to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH).

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNS) -- Active duty, Reserve and veteran Seabees came together with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) to commemorate the 78th birthday of the Seabees March 7 with a ceremonial wreath laying at the Seabee Memorial in Arlington Memorial Cemetery.

NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic Supervisor Timothy John, a 45-year government service career employee at Public Works Department (PWD) Great Lakes, has been named recipient of the 2020 Peggy B. Craig Lifetime Service Award.

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $60 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification to add and exercise a 6-month option period to DZSP 21, LLC of Marlton, N.J., Feb. 27 for base operating support (BOS) services at Joint Region Marianas.

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $60 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification to add and exercise a 6-month option period to DZSP 21, LLC of Marlton, N.J., Feb. 27 for base operating support (BOS) services at Joint Region Marianas.

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $45 million cost-plus-award-fee modification to increase the maximum dollar value of an indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract Feb. 26 to AECOM Technical Services, Inc. of Los Angeles, Calif. for architect-engineering services for comprehensive long-term environmental action at various sites within the NAVFAC Pacific area of operations.

TUMON, Guam (NNS) -- National Engineers Week culminated with a comprehensive overview of the military construction program in Guam delivered by Naval Facilities Engineering Command Marianas Commanding Officer Capt. Daniel Turner on Feb. 20.

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy took an important step forward in its drive for innovation with the charter signing to establish the Acquisition Modernization Office (AMO) within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC).

NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic conducted a graduation ceremony Feb. 12, onboard Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, for 10 students who successfully completed four years of training in the command’s apprenticeship program.

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific, NAVFAC Hawaii and Air Force units from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) collaborated to host a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) community outreach event for Moanalua High School students Feb. 19 in support of National Engineers Week.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest will return to Bakersfield looking to fill over 75 positions, at Naval Air Station Lemoore and in the San Diego area, with a Rapid Hire Event on Saturday, Feb. 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bakersfield’s America’s Job Center located at 1129 Olive Dr. Suite H, Bakersfield, CA 93308.

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded today a $204 million firm-fixed price contract to Caddell-Nan a joint venture of Montgomery, Alabama, for the construction of two bachelor enlisted quarters (BEQ) complexes at Marine Corps Base Guam.

CHUUK, The Federated States of Micronesia (NNS) -- Seabee Divers from the Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) Dive Locker conducted testing and evaluation of the Husqvarna Diamond Wire Saw (DWS) in support of Mobile Diving Salvage Unit (MDSU) ONE salvage efforts of the MICRO DAWN this past December.

BETHESDA, md (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington leadership attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Feb. 6 commemorating the completion of Charles L. Rice Hall on the campus of Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic hosted the Department of the Navy Civilian Employee Assistance Program (DONCEAP) training “Using Emotional Intelligence for Workplace Success,” Jan. 28, as an opportunity for its employees to further develop their soft skills and increase team performance.

NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic has awarded a $52,317,627 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for base operating support (BOS) services at naval installations located in Jefferson and Kitsap counties, Wash. referred to as West Sound (WSBOS) to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee.

NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic has awarded a $52,317,627 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for base operating support (BOS) services at naval installations located in Jefferson and Kitsap counties, Wash. referred to as West Sound (WSBOS) to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee.

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities (NAVFAC) Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (EXWC) is pleased to honor Expeditionary Engineering Director Mr. Cody M. Reese, P.E., as the 2020 NAVFAC EXWC Civilian Engineer of the Year for his outstanding technical achievements and significant contributions to the NAVFAC EXWC engineering community.

NAPLES, Italy (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command Europe Africa Central (NAVFAC EURAFCENT) Commanding Officer Capt. Jeffrey Kilian presented two awards Jan. 14, aboard Naval Support Activity Naples, recognizing David Vanlanen as the 2019 Supervisor Civilian of the Third Quarter and Lucas Twilley as the 2019 Senior Civilian of the Third Quarter.

NAPLES, Italy (NNS) -- Rear Adm. Dean VanderLey Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic and Fleet Civil Engineer, U.S. Fleet Forces Command visited three locations across NAVFAC Europe Africa Central (EURAFCENT) from December 4th to December 10th.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $17 million firm-fixed-price task order on Jan. 10 to EMR, Inc. for the design and construction of a temporary maintenance hangar at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field, Florida.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities (NAVFAC) Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (EXWC) environmental engineer Tami Relph hosted a ‘TED Talk’, discussing the overlooked link between national security and the environment, and to promote women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers.