Little Rock District has a healthy variety of military projects in various stages of design, contracting and construction. Here are just a few highlights of our present program.

Little Rock Air Force Base
Leon Iveson , Project Manager
Little Rock District manages the design and construction program at Little Rock Air Force Base, which currently consists of $30 million in construction and $10.4 million in design. Projects under construction include the 2008 Joint Education Center, 2008 Repair Airfield, and the 2010 Weapon System Flight Simulator Addition. The only project in the design phase is a $10.4 million Security Forces Operations Facility, with funding projected in 2010. The 2005 BRAC program is complete. The following BRAC facilities were turned over to Little Rock Air Force Base during fiscal year 2009: 2007 C-130 Flight Simulator Facility, 2007 Wing Headquarters, 2007 Corrosion Control Hangar, 2007 Squadron Operations Facility, and the 2008 Maintenance/Storage Facility.

Construction Status
- Security Forces Operations Facility: A design directive for this $10.4 million FY2010 project was issued on 28 July 2009. The facility provides a consolidated Security Forces Complex to replace three separate and dispersed, old, and inefficient facilities. Construction contract award is currently planned for July 2010.

- Weapon System Trainer (WST) Flight Simulator Addition: A construction contract was awarded in January 2010 for completion of this $5.8 million FY2010 project. The facility includes a high-bay addition to the 2007 BRAC WST Flight Simulator Facility. Construction is currently scheduled to be completed in March 2011.

- Joint Education Center: A construction contract was awarded in June 2009 for completion for this new $14.4 million FY2008 joint facility. $9.8 million of the funds are MILCON. The city contributed $5 million of which approximately $360,000 was required to fund design activities. Construction is currently scheduled to be completed in November 2010.

- Repair Airfield: The contract for the $9.8 million Repair Airfield FY2008 project was awarded in February 2009. The project includes repair of airfield pavements at Little Rock Air Force Base. Construction is currently scheduled to be completed in May 2010.

- BRAC 2005 projects: The five BRAC projects have been completed and turned over to Little Rock Air Force Base. The 2007 $4.9 million C130 Weapon System Trainer Flight Simulator was accepted for occupancy by the Air Force on 30 January 2009. The 2007 $7.7 million Wing Headquarters facility was accepted for occupancy by the Air Force on 24 February 2009 and a ribbon cutting was held on 16 April 2009. The 2007 $10.7 million Corrosion Control Hangar was accepted for occupancy by the Air Force on 25 February 2009. The 2007 $12.8 million Squadron Operations facility was accepted for occupancy by the Air Force on 26 February 2009. The 2008 $2.8 million BRAC C-130 Maintenance/Storage Facility was accepted for occupancy by the Air Force on 29 September 2009.

Pine Bluff Arsenal 
Location and Description: Pine Bluff Arsenal, Jefferson County, Arkansas. The District administers design and construction of the Installation's military construction programs. Currently approximately $47 million in MILCON design and construction projects, are underway, nearing completion or in planning stages, under administration of the Little Rock District.

Construction Status:
- Family Housing Replacement PN 60213: PA $2.4 million Whole Neighborhood Revitalization by construction of 10 officer family housing units complete with neighborhood amenities and supporting infrastructure. The project was originally solicited competitively as a Request for Proposal (RFP) in March of 2007. In May of 2007, the installation staff was made aware of re-stationing actions, which reduced the officer family housing requirement from ten to six units. This reduction of the scope below 75 percent of the original requirement necessitated congressional notification. Approval to re-advertise the project at the reduced scope was given in July of 2007. The project was redesigned and re-advertised at the reduced scope on 26 October 2007. The project was awarded to CWR Construction of North Little Rock Arkansas in March, 2008. The project is currently under construction and the expected to be completed by 15 March 2010.

- Bomb Storage Infrastructure Upgrades PN 67106: PA $25 million. The 71 warehouses, constructed in 1942, are used to store Category III and IV Armed Ammunition and Explosives (AA&E). This project will bring the warehouses into security compliance as defined by Paragraph G-2, “Criteria for existing facilities storing II through IV arms” of Army Regulation 190-11 issued in 2006. The upgrades and improvements include water supply, security and fire alarm systems, fire hydrants, power supply systems, roofs, wall structures, doors, floors, lighting, ventilation equipment, roads, driveways and loading docks. Since completion of the design in October 2009, the project has been advertised and awarded on 22 January 2010. Construction is estimated to be complete in February 2012.

- Steam Line Replacement, PN 67442: PA $20.9 million. This ARRA project will be integrated with a separate DoE Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) for energy cost savings to the installation. The ESPC project will replace energy systems, while the ARRA project will demolish and remediate existing central boilers (source of steam) and air compressors and their distribution lines. The ARRA project will also upgrade and repair natural gas, fiber optic, and electrical infrastructure. Both ARRA and ESPC projects will improve facilities and overall energy efficiency in one of the Arsenal's primary mission areas. Project is scheduled for design-build contract award in May 2010 and a construction completion in June 2012.

Pine Bluff Arsenal Explosive Destructive System
Al Rein, Project Manager
The Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Explosive Destruction System at Pine Bluff Arsenal is required to destroy non-stockpile chemical warfare materiel in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, ratified by Congress in April 1997.

The 1,275 recovered chemical weapons, 56,600 binary weapons components, bulk binary weapons fills, and Chemical Agent Identification Sets stored at Pine Bluff Arsenal all must be destroyed by April 2007 to comply with the treaty. This facility will provide the specialized equipment, safety equipment, and controlled atmosphere necessary to safeguard the public, the operating personnel and the environment during the destruction of the non-stockpile chemical weapons.

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act permit application was delivered to the state for review in April 2003. State approval of the permit application is expected this month.

The initial design for the project was completed in September 2003. At that time an Analysis of Alternative was conducted, and it determined that using a newly developed technology, the Explosive Destruction System (EDS) was a more effective, safe and time responsive method of destruction the non-stockpile materiel. The EDS will consist of three 40- foot by 12-foot mobile systems that will be transported to the site on trailers. A charge will be placed on the non-stockpile materiel and then placed into the EDS and sealed. The charges will be detonated, the fragments will be neutralized with a reagent and the resultant liquid and fragments will then be disposed of in a permitted area.

Supporting facilities will include a 12,500 square-foot warehouse, two modular buildings that will serve as a command post and a break building, an access road, a parking lot and utilities.

Design was completed in July of 2004. Notice to proceed on construction is expected by mid September. The Initial programmed amount for the project was $18.9 million; however the new design incorporating the EDS is expected to be substantially less.

Update January 27, 2006: Work is underway on the complex that will allow destruction of non-stockpile chemical warfare materail stored at the arsenal.  Construction is expected to be complete in February 2006.  All munitions are expected to be destroyed by April 2007.

Update April of 2006: Work on the project was completed.

Fort Chaffee
Location and Description
The projects are located at Fort Chaffee in Sebastian County, Arkansas. Little Rock District is providing support to the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Secure Transportation (OST), the Arkansas Army National Guard (ANRG), and the Navy Seals at Fort Chaffee. The Arkansas National Guard obtained the use of Fort Chaffee by license during the Base Realignment and Closure Program and the installation became known as the Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center. The Department of Energy, Office of Secure Transportation, has established a permanent training facility for new federal agent recruits at Fort Chaffee. OST acquired approximately 6 acres of property under the Base Realignment and Closure program, and has leased additional acreage and facilities from the Ft. Chaffee Redevelopment Authority. They have also secured the joint use of substantially more land and facilities through an agreement with the Arkansas Army National Guard. DOE entered into an interagency agreement with Little Rock District, in 1998 and again in 2007, to provide facility maintenance, engineering consultation, design services, and construction projects. The latest Interagency Agreement, signed in June 2007, has a period of performance of 5 years with a $50 million limit.

Status
In June 2009, the Little Rock District awarded a $45 million Job Order Contract (JOC) to SDIC Constructors, a small business 8 (a) Native Hawaiian Organization, for Fort Chaffee projects. Though the National Guard designs and constructs many of its own projects through state procurement sources, Little Rock District has strengthened its relationship with the ARNG facilities management staff over the past several years. Several JOC task orders for ARNG and Navy Seals projects, with a total value of approximately $3.1 million, have been awarded since June 2009. It is anticipated that several additional ARNG and Navy Seals projects, utilizing the Job Order Contract, totaling over $3.0million, will be realized in FY10. In the past, DOE-OST projects to upgrade current Ft. Chaffee facilities have been accomplished using Little Rock District's Job Order Contract, but funding has not been available for FY09 or FY10 projects. Several larger projects are anticipated in future years for OST, which will likely require design and more complex procurement actions. The Little Rock District has provided support to DOE-OST by responding to rapidly changing requirements, especially on maintenance and security projects. SWL has also completed a comprehensive master plan for DOE-OST at Ft. Chaffee and is providing other real estate support.

Activities/Milestones for FY 2010
Continue providing engineering, construction, and other technical support to support OST, ARNG and Navy Seals missions at Fort Chaffee.

Issues and Other Information
ARNG, Navy Seals and OST are consistently satisfied customers.