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Navy/USMC

Navy Awards $500 Million Design Contract For Pacific Shipyard Modernization

Monday, September 13th, 2021

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Navy Awards $500 Million Design Contract For Pacific Shipyard Modernization

USS Chosin (CG-65) is guided into Dry Dock 4 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for a six-month modernization period in 2010. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) awarded the Honolulu, Hawaii-based WSM Pacific SIOP, A Joint Venture a $500 million architect-engineer design contract on Sept. 7 for Hawaii and Washington-based shipyard modernization projects. This five-year award, with an expected completion date of September 2026, aims to conduct support construction, repair and alteration projects at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) in Hawaii and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF)…

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