ModSpace and its strategic partners - Chugach Industries, Inc., Clark Design Build, LLC, and Hunter Modular construction - announced the on-time and on-budget completion of a major installation at Hunter Army Airfield near Hinesville, GA.

Thanks to ModSpace's modular units, the Army base at Hunter Army Airfield will have increased flexibility in meeting its housing and training initiatives as the military units who reside in those structures complete their training and preparation for missions.

The U.S. Army Modularity project at Hunter AAF was jointly completed by Chugach, ModSpace, Clark, Hunter and other suppliers. As part of ModSpace's $18.2 million modularity project portion, the company provided 277 separate units, joined to form 98 buildings, which will be used as barracks, dayrooms, storage and vehicle maintenance facilities.

The term "modularity" refers not only a type of construction, it also defines the new and more effective type of fighting force the Army has initiated this year. Consider how individual Army units are brought together at a single site for specialized joint training. Similarly, modularity consists of several building components being identified and built off-site, only to later arrive at their final destination for assembly and use.

The quick installation of the new facilities at Hunter Army Airfield has helped the Army get this concept underway, in a timely and realistic fashion, particularly urgent when forces are being deployed to fight the Global War on Terrorism.

Excellence in Project Management

The Chugach Industries Team, Clark Design-Build Team, the ModSpace Team, and the Hunter Modular Team, having previously completed a similar project at Fort Bliss in Texas, had an excellent working relationship with both the U.S. Army Corps representatives overseeing construction and the Hunter Army Airfield / Army end-user representatives. Working together, the project team overcame design and construction challenges, and were able to leverage past to deliver the project both on-time and on-budget.

Through innovative workshop efforts, team members and their commitment to work together, this challenging project became a reality. The success of this rapid start-up challenge for the project team reinforced relationships and established a good foundation for teamwork on challenges to come.

Each barrack unit includes two living quarters, and within those quarters are three separate rooms, a central kitchen and bathroom. Each room is furnished with new furniture, including a computer desk, television stand, dresser, lamps and a twin-size bed.

In addition to ModSpace, other major sub-contractors to Chugach Industries included: site work -- Clark Design Build, LLC. Design Partner - LS3P Associates; Building Manufacturing -- Clayton Manufactured Housing and Design Space International; Set-up -- Hunter Modular; and other Modular Suppliers.

About Hunter Army Airfield (from www.stewart.army.mil):

Hunter Army Airfield is part of the Fort Stewart complex in Northeastern Georgia. The two locations combine to provide the nation with a trained, equipped, and ready fighting force, composed of the 3rd Infantry Division and non-divisional and tenant units, capable of deploying anywhere in the world in support of National Objectives.

As a training and power projection platform, Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield trains, equips, deploys and redeploys both early deploying and follow-on Active Component (AC) Army units; and mobilizing, training, equipping, deploying and redeploying Reserve Component (RC) Army National Guard (NG) and Army Reserve (AR) units and soldiers.

Hunter Army Airfield is home to units of the 3d Infantry Division, including the "Marne Division's" Aviation Brigade. A myriad of non-divisional and tenant units are also based on Hunter. Combined with Fort Stewart, Hunter Army Airfield provides the Nation a world-class heavy power projection platform. Hunter's 11,375-foot-long runway supports the installation's rapid deployment needs as any aircraft, including the C-5 Galaxy, can land at Hunter. Hunter Army Airfield has a unique distinction as being identified as an alternate landing site for NASA's space shuttles.

Additionally, with more than 350 acres of hardstand, 50 C-17 Globemaster aircraft can be on the ground simultaneously. With a state-of-the-art Departure/Arrival Airfield Control Group (DAACG) Facility, soldiers and cargo can be deployed efficiently and responsively from a premier deployment facility.

Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield has consistently proven its rapid deployment capabilities in recent operations including the 1991 Gulf War and subsequent deployments to Egypt, Kuwait, Bosnia, and Kosovo; and, most recently to operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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