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Built for the mission.

Operations centers, secure facilities and agency campuses, delivered to federal security, labor and quality requirements.

What owners need from us.

01

Security shapes every step

Site access, personnel vetting, document control and secure spaces built to agency standards are part of the job from mobilization, and vetting lead times belong in the schedule.

02

Compliance is constant

Davis-Bacon wages, certified payroll, Buy American rules and federal quality control plans apply to every trade on site.

03

The mission cannot pause

Many facilities run around the clock. Redundant power and cooling must be built and tested without interrupting operations.

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What we build.

  1. 01

    Operations and command centers

    Mission-critical buildings with redundant power, cooling and communications.

  2. 02

    Secure facilities

    Accredited secure spaces with acoustic, physical and electronic protection built to agency criteria.

  3. 03

    Office and administrative buildings

    Agency offices and visitor centers with blast-resistant envelopes and controlled entries.

  4. 04

    Central plants and infrastructure

    Chilled water, emergency generation and utility distribution for whole campuses.

How we deliver here.

The capabilities owners in this market rely on most.

Design-BuildDeliver

The procurement model many agencies prefer, with one contract for design and construction.

Building SystemsBuild

Redundant power and cooling commissioned under integrated system tests.

Self-Performed ConstructionBuild

Our own crews on concrete and structure, with fewer people to vet and badge.

Virtual Design & ConstructionPlan

Coordinated models with controlled access for sensitive design information.

In practice · A secure federal operations center

A cutover planned like a launch.

For a round-the-clock federal mission, the cutover is the riskiest week of the job. Cleared workers and escort plans are scheduled ahead of need, every power and cooling path is failed under simulated load, and old and new floors run in parallel before the agency moves over shift by shift. Each step has a go or no-go decision with a named owner and a date.

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Power and cooling paths
Parallel
Old and new floors before cutover
Go/no-go
Decisions dated and owned

Questions owners ask us.

How do you manage site security and personnel access?

We follow the agency’s access plan, submit workers for vetting ahead of need and control drawings and documents to the contract’s rules.

How do you handle Davis-Bacon and certified payroll?

Wage determinations are built into every subcontract, and certified payroll is collected and reviewed weekly for every trade.

Can you build secure spaces to agency criteria?

Yes. We build to the accreditation requirements set in the contract and coordinate inspections with the agency’s security staff.

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Planning a federal project?

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