McCarthy-HITT JV completes $1.7B government campus in St. Louis

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St. Louis-based McCarthy Constructing Cos., in a three way partnership with Falls Church, Virginia-based HITT Development, has accomplished building of Subsequent NGA West, a $1.7 billion design-build federal challenge that spans 97 acres in St. Louis, based on a Jan. 21 announcement from McCarthy.

The power is the headquarters of the Nationwide Geospatial-Intelligence Company, a fight assist company throughout the U.S. Division of Warfare, previously the Division of Protection, that gives mapping intelligence to the navy, policymakers and first responders, per the discharge. NGA has maintained a presence in St. Louis for greater than 70 years, and counts greater than 3,000 locals as staff, per the announcement. 

The U.S. Military Corps of Engineers, Kansas Metropolis District, oversaw the design and building of the brand new headquarters, which represents the biggest federal funding within the metropolis’s historical past, per the announcement. 

The brand new growth comprises a 700,000-square-foot workplace constructing, two multi-level parking garages, a safe customer heart, a supply inspection facility and a number of secured entry factors, per the discharge. The challenge workforce integrated superior know-how and constructed the campus to satisfy security, safety and sustainability requirements. 

Work on the challenge started in 2014 with an environmental affect assertion, based on the NGA, and website logistics work started in 2019, per the announcement. The brand new campus replaces NGA’s present facility south of downtown St. Louis.

“This challenge displays a exceptional collaboration between federal businesses, the design-build workforce, and the local people,” Josh Gaghen, St. Louis enterprise unit chief for McCarthy and former challenge supervisor for building of the brand new campus, stated within the launch.

Final month, McCarthy completed one other key challenge in its yard — the Plaza West Tower at Barnes-Jewish hospital. It’s the fifth-largest hospital within the nation, per a launch.