Advance Notice - Building 73 Lab Expansion, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida

Required construction consists of approximately 7000 sf extension to B73, a cyberspace security test facility, utilizing conventional design and construction methods to accommodate the ongoing mission of the facility. A sprinkler-equipped facility consisting of a concrete foundation, split-faced concrete block over a steel frame and sloped standing seam metal roof. Approximately 95% of the facility will be SCIF rated IAW ICD 705-1 Physical and Technical security and all support facilities to provide a complete and usable facility. Facility will be designed as permanent construction in accordance with the UFC. The time for completion will be 450 calendar days.  

Estimated cost range of the project: $5,000,000 to $10,000,0000

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