KBR Subsidiary Awarded Construction Management Contract for First Phase of Planned Expansion at DuPont Suburban Campus in Wil...
June 16 2010 - 3:05PM
Business Wire
KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that its Building Group has been
awarded a multimillion dollar contract by DuPont for construction
management of the initial phase of a multi-phase planned expansion
at the company’s suburban campus in Wilmington, Delaware. DuPont’s
Chestnut Run Plaza — Phase 1 encompasses a five-story,
222,000-square-foot office building designated as “Building
730.”
“This award demonstrates the value the Building Group offers to
clients across the nation and provides the opportunity to further
solidify KBR’s commitment to provide DuPont with top quality
services across multiple business lines,” said Luther Cochrane,
Senior Vice President, KBR and Chairman of the Building Group. “The
Building Group’s extensive experience managing large-scale and
LEED® construction projects will be instrumental to the successful
execution of this important project for DuPont.”
Designed to support 700 employees, Building 730 will include an
18,000-square-foot cafeteria intended to accommodate 400 people.
The Building Group’s scope of work includes site infrastructure
items such as utilities, parking and walking paths, as well as a
new picnic pavilion (Building 731) for on-site company events.
A primary design objective for architect of record,
KlingSubbins, was to create a flexible office building that is
high-performing, technologically advanced and cost effective, with
enhanced energy and environmental performance. To maintain
flexibility, the structural steel building will utilize an open
floor-space design that includes raised floors and under-floor air
distribution, and demountable partitions.
Building 730 is designed to achieve U.S. Green Building
Council’s LEED® Gold Certification. The Building Group’s Washington
office is responsible for this project, which is slated for
completion in mid-December 2011.
KBR is a global engineering, construction and services company
supporting the energy, hydrocarbon, government services, minerals,
civil infrastructure, power and industrial markets. The Building
Group is the commercial construction subsidiary of KBR with a
particular focus on education, healthcare, life science, and
manufacturing and industrial projects. For more information, visit
www.kbr.com.
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