We recently began work on two interesting new projects, one for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and one for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Building T-100 at Fort Shafter, Oahu, Hawaii will be undergoing renovations to create a new VIP Reception room and a Crisis Action Mission Command Center, as well as remodeling an existing conference room into a sound proof room with secure communications, capable of hosting Top Secret meetings. Built in 1944, the building is part of the Palm Circle National Historic Landmark, making this project a blend of a historic preservation project and a high technology renovation.

The Blackfoot Dam Gatehouse is a project for the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Fort Hall Irrigation Project to provide a new shelter over the dam’s gateworks. The existing concrete structure is crumbling apart and upon investigation we found that warm water pulled from the bottom of the reservoir and channeled through the gateworks under the building is creating warmth and humidity within the structure and causing a high amount of condensation, quickly destroying the concrete structure. Without power available to provide mechanical ventilation we are challenged to solve the problem using only ingenuity and the natural environment. With a solution in hand we are currently moving forward on the construction documents and anticipate a spring construction start.