Barnhart Balfour Beatty and U.S. Navy hold ceremony for upgrades of berthing for aircraft carriers at Naval Base Coronado
April 12, 2010
On April 9, 2010, the U.S. Navy and construction firm Barnhart Balfour Beatty held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate the $28-million upgrade to Berth Lima at Naval Base Coronado, California. The upgrades were made to accommodate planned industrial maintenance activities and cold-iron berthing for the three Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carriers home-ported in San Diego.
Construction on the upgrades began in May 2009. The project includes the construction of a security building, pump house building, restroom/payphone building, two masonry and steel watch towers, two guard houses, security fencing, high-mast security lighting, upgrades to underground water and electric utilities, and surveillance infrastructure. Waterfront upgrades include replacing asphalt with new quayside concrete capable of supporting 40-ton forklifts, widening the existing quay wall by two feet, and installing 80 new primary fender piles, fender panels and armor rock.
The contract was awarded and managed by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego.
The facilities were designed by Moffat & Nichol Blaylock of Long Beach.
Barnhart staff working on the project was Senior Vice President Dave Roach; Vice President of Operations Shawn Fisher; Senior Project Manager Bill Dunning; Project Superintendents Frank Haslinger and Joe La Grange; and Field Engineer Connor Miller.
.jpg.aspx)
Pictured: The upgrades to Berth Lima are designed to provide cold-iron berthing for the three aircraft carriers home-ported in San Diego – the USS Nimitz, USS Ronald Reagan and USS Carl Vinson.
About Barnhart Balfour Beatty
Barnhart Balfour Beatty (www.barnhart-balfourbeatty.com) is a full-service general building, engineering and construction management firm. The company is leading the way in Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology with a four-person in-house BIM department, and it maintains an active design-build division, which fosters an environment of collaboration between architects, engineers, builders and owners. Active in construction management and program management services, Barnhart Balfour Beatty works with education clients throughout the state of California. The company also has a 27-year history of working with the military constructing a variety of structures including weapons and armament, barrack, hanger and aquatic facilities. (License #439407.)