The U.S. Pacific island territory of Guam is undergoing a massive transformation as part of a multi-billion-dollar realignment of Okinawa-based U.S. Marines throughout the Pacific. Once completed, the new Marine Corps Base Guam will be in the village of Dededo, but supporting facilities are being constructed at various locations around the island. One such facility is the first U.S. Marine Corps aviation support and maintenance hangar on Guam and is located at the North Ramp of Andersen Air Force Base. The new hangar is a 72,500-square-foot, $53.7 million facility that supports Marine Corps aviation squadrons. The project was delivered by Naval Facilities Engineering System Command as a design-build procurement. Designing for resiliency is essential on this remote island – regularly subjected to strong typhoons, large earthquakes, and a highly corrosive tropical environment. Equally important is ensuring the design can be efficiently constructed using limited available local labor and resources.
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