GSA Invests $1B in Recovery Act Construction Projects Nationwide

GSA Projects Will Yield Higher-Performing, Money-Saving, Greener Federal Buildings

WASHINGTON — The U.S. General Services Administration marked a major milestone in its implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as it brought its total investments in construction projects to more than $1 billion.

“Given the intent of the Recovery Act to stimulate the economy and put people back to work, we set a very aggressive goal to obligate our first $1 billion by the end of July,” said GSA Acting Administrator Paul Prouty. “With that goal met, our focus now is to continue to get shovels in the ground as quickly as possible.”

GSA was appropriated $5.5 billion under the Recovery Act to convert federal buildings into high-performance green buildings and build new energy-efficient federal buildings, courthouses, and land ports of entry.

“These projects will modernize our nation's infrastructure and save taxpayer dollars by reducing the federal government's consumption of energy and water, and increase our use of clean and renewable sources of energy,” Prouty added.

“Through our use of state-of-the-art green technologies, our construction projects are creating jobs in traditional construction sectors and in emerging green industries,” said GSA Acting Commissioner of Public Buildings Anthony Costa. “We"re driving growth and innovation that will ensure American leadership in the new energy economy of the future.”

GSA's first $1 billion in Recovery Act investments is funding projects at 120 buildings across the country. For example, in Austin, Texas, GSA is designing and building a new courthouse which will meet both the future needs of the courts as well as security requirements. In Otay Mesa, Cal., GSA is developing a Land Port of Entry that will accommodate better commercial traffic flow, and have new primary inspection booths as well as office and processing areas. And in Boston, Mass., GSA is improving energy performance while enhancing security at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building by installing energy efficient, blast resistant windows surrounded by improved insulation.

GSA will obligate its remaining $4.5 billion in Recovery Act construction funds by September 30, 2011.   Prouty noted that contract bids are coming in, on average, approximately 8 – 10 percent lower than expected, allowing GSA to fund additional high performance features in existing projects, and using existing criteria, consider funding additional projects with the goal of continuing to stimulate the real estate, construction, and manufacturing sectors of the economy.

The following is the list of GSA federal buildings and projects for which construction contracts have been awarded.
AR, Little Rock U.S. Courthouse (escalation)        $6,950,000
AZ, Nogales West U.S. Land Port of Entry        $998,495
CA, Bakersfield U.S. Courthouse        $80,441
CA, Los Angeles 300 North LA Federal Building        $13,689,206
CA, Otay Mesa U.S. Land Port of Entry        $16,004,898
CO, Boulder David Skaggs Research Center        $114,127
CO, Denver Byron White US Courthouse        $80,977
CO, Denver Byron Rogers Federal Building        $130,845
CO, Fort Collins Federal Building-Post Office        $36,600
CO, Lakewood Denver Federal Center Infrastructure        $47,653,116
CO, Lakewood DFC – Multiple Buildings        $208,213
CT, Bridgeport Brien McMahon US Courthouse        $27,685
CT, New Haven Robert N Giaimo Federal Building        $29,743
DC, Washington 1800 F Street Building (Phase 1)        $276,824
DC, Washington DHS Consolidation and Development of St.   Elizabeths Campus        $834,254
DC, Washington Herbert Hoover Building (Phase II and III)        $157,549,534
DC, Washington Lafayette (Phase I)          $1,262,114
DC, Washington Mary Switzer (Phase 1)        $43,414,000
DC, Washington St. Elizabeths West Campus Infrastructure        $7,479,166
DC, Washington Truman Building        $3,770,651
DE, Wilmington J. Caleb Boggs Courthouse Federal Building        $10,918
FL, Orlando, Young U.S. Courthouse          $35,000,000
FL, Tampa Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse (escalation)          $13,590,182
HI, Hilo Federal Building (Escalation)        $5,339,603
HI, Honolulu Prince Kuhio Kanaianaole Federal Building-Courthouse (Phase I)        $22,707,712
IA, Des Moines Neal Smith Federal Building        $102,392
IA, Sioux City Federal   Building & US Courthouse        $83,686
IL, Chicago 536 S. Clark Street Federal Building        $2,461,717
IL, Chicago Chicago Federal Center        $49,423
IL, Chicago Customhouse        $158,352
IL, Chicago Federal Center        $2,606,709
IL, Chicago Kluczynski Federal Building & U.S. Postal Service Loop Station          $10,490,423
IL, Chicago Metcalfe Building        $256,988
IL, Chicago State Street South – 10 West Jackson        $1,657,493
IL, Urbana U.S. Courthouse        $104,951
IN, Hammond U.S. Courthouse          $190,927
IN, Indianapolis Birch Bayh US Courthouse        $56,638,939
IN, Indianapolis Major General Emmett J. Bean (Phase I – PV and Design)            $5,138,198
IN, Indianapolis Minton-Capehart   Federal Building          $47,068,424
KS, Kansas City Robert J. Dole US Courthouse        $209,665
KS, Wichita US Courthouse        $4,155,083
MA, Andover IRS Service Center        $61,916,565
MA, Boston JFK Federal Building        $199,483
MA, Boston O’Neil Federal Building        $50,191
MD, Woodlawn, CMS Headquarters Complex        $77,814
ME, Bangor Margaret Chase Smith U.S. Post Office Courthouse        $3,203,338
ME, Calais U.S. Land Port of Entry (escalation)          $3,874,803
ME, Van Buren U.S. Land Port of Entry        $257,818
ME, Portland Edward T. Gignoux Courthouse        $48,222
MI, Ann Arbor Federal Building        $156,045
MI, Detroit McNamara Federal Building Complex        $3,300,000
MI, Detroit Rosa Parks Federal Building        $56,474
MI, Detroit Theodore Levin US Courthouse        $155,527
MI, Grand Rapids G R Ford Federal & Courthouse        $92,950
MI, Lansing Charles Chamberlain        $79,754
MI, Sault Ste Marie US Border Station        $79,032
MN, Fort Snelling Whipple Federal Building        $8,668,174
MN, Minneapolis US Courthouse        $247,224
MO, Kansas City 8930 Ward Parkway        $153,127
MO, St Louis Thomas Eagleton US Courthouse        $3,377,863
MO, St. Louis Goodfellow Federal Complex        $8,317,000
MO, St. Louis Robert Young Federal Building        $164,200
MS, Jackson McCoy Federal Building        $64,943,258
MS, Jackson U.S. Courthouse (escalation)        $830,937
MT, Billings U.S. Courthouse          $3,072,839
MT, Bozeman Federal Building-Post Office Bozeman        $29,099
ND, Bismark William L. Guy Federal Building – Post Office – Courthouse          $44,684
ND, Fargo Federal Building-Courthouse        $31,811
ND, Fargo Federal Building-Post Office          $42,962
NE, North Platte Federal Building        $5,477,822
NE, Omaha Edward Zorinski Federal   Building        $20,811
NE, Omaha Hruska Courthouse        $566
NH, Concord Warren B. Rudman US Courthouse        $49,530
NJ, Newark, Peter Rodino Federal Building        $3,450,792
NM, Columbus U.S. Land Port of Entry          $2,390,352
NY, Brooklyn Emanuel Celler US Courthouse        $4,652,250
NY, Brooklyn General Post Office          $58,437,699
NY, New York Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse (escalation)        $64,000,000
OH, Cincinnati Potter Stewart US Courthouse        $161,828
OH, Cincinnati, John W. Peck Federal Building          $218,477
OH, Cleveland Carl B Stokes U.S. Courthouse        $167,477
OH, Cleveland Metzenbaum US Courthouse        $94,350
OH, Columbus Kinneary US Courthouse        $465,450
OH, Dayton Federal Building & US Courthouse          $1,464,782
OH, Youngstown Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building        $50,948
OH, Youngstown Thomas D Lambros Federal Office Building        $98,503
OK, Tulsa US Courthouse        $2,699,903
OR, Baker David J. Wheeler Federal Building        $116,950
OR, Portland BPA Building        $234,849
OR, Portland Edith Green-Wyndell Wyatt Federal Building          $1,500,000
PA,   Philadelphia Veterans Administration Center        $4,928,006
PA, Philadelphia Byrne-Green Complex          $130,878
PA, Philadelphia US Customhouse          $1,585,333
PR, San Juan FBI Field Office Consolidation        $1,081,971
RI, Providence Federal Bldg US Courthouse          $25,085
RI, Providence J O Pastore FB US Post Office        $21,616
SD, Rapid City Federal Building-Courthouse        $30,260
TX, Austin U.S. Courthouse        $106,811,306
TX, Galveston US Post Office and Courthouse        $368,111
TX, Houston G.T. Leland Federal Building        $403,645
TX, San Antonio Hippolito Garcia U.S. Courthouse          $37,257,286
UT, Ogden IRS Service Center        $134,898
UT, Salt Lake City Wallace F Bennett Federal Building        $125,579
VA, Richmond Robert Merhige US Courthouse        $53,369
VA, Roanoke, Poff Federal Building        $525,868
VT, Burlington Federal Bldg US Post Office Courthouse        $43,205
WA, Auburn GSA Auburn Warehouse        $99,653
WA, Blaine Peace Arch U.S. Land Port of Entry (escalation)        $26,284,708
WA, Richland Fed Bldg U.S. Post Office & Courthouse        $166,121
WA, Seattle Jackson Federal Building        $812,952
WA, Spokane Fed Bldg U.S. Post Office        $129,477
WA, Spokane Foley U.S. Courthouse        $558,702
WI, Madison US Courthouse        $100,740
WI, Milwaukee Fed Building & U.S. Courthouse          $114,565
WV, Charleston Robert C. Byrd FB & Courthouse        $192,586
WV, Huntington Federal Building          $107,871
WV, Martinsburg 244 Needy Road        $126,453
WY, Cheyenne Joseph C O’Mahoney Federal Center          $70,421
Nationwide Building Operations        $9,270,226
Total        $1,059,228,516