This
mammoth project will add to St. Louis' stature as a major transportation hub. Official ribbon-cutting is August 12th.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Scott means business
USTRANSCOM moves into new $130 million home
ST. LOUIS BUSINESS JOURNAL - BY Amanda Cook
Five years ago, the most recent round of Base Realignment and Closure called for the consolidation of the operations of the Army’s Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command with
U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) and its air component, Air Mobility Command, at Scott Air Force Base.
This summer the consolidated operations got a new headquarters: a three-story, 210,000-square-foot facility that serves as the nerve center of U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM).
The total cost for construction of the new building and upgrades to an adjoining building was $130 million.
“Scott was the ideal location from the standpoint that many of our components had been housed here for a long time,” said Steven Coyle, BRAC director and engineer of the project. “It didn’t make sense to relocate them. The infrastructure and the type of base it is also made it a very good match for our needs.”
The building, which was constructed by River City Construction of East Peoria, Ill., was completed ahead of schedule, and a ribbon cutting is planned for Aug. 12. Staff members already have begun moving into their new offices.
At the heart of the activity is what’s called the Fusion Center, a large room with a horseshoe-shaped station where leadership receives real-time information from 10 military agencies, evaluates their situations, and makes decisions about how to move resources to meet their needs.
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