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Nuclear Materials Safeguards & Security Upgrades Project

September 23,2014

This 29,000sf building was to be a primary daily access portal for 1500 people and 100 vehicles to TA55 Ultra Secure Nuclear Facility. ECF estimated at $42,000,000 as part of a $180,000,000 total project. Facility to include vehicle x-ray technology in sally ports. Estimated completion was phased construction to 2011 but project was cancelled due to lack of funding. Executive Architect: HDR, Inc. Architectural Project Manger/Project Designer: Matt Sears while affiliated with HDR

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National Security Sciences Building

September 23,2014

The NSSB was a Design Build delivery approach led by Hensel Phelps Construction. This eight story project is 274,750 SF and has approximately 700 occupants. It was conceived as a replacement to the SM43 Headquarters building for the Laboratory and is a central feature of the primary LANL campus in Technical Area Three (TA3). The occupants include LANL Laboratory Director’s office and support staff as well as scientists/weapons designers from X Division. The buildings other role is to house secure records storage facility built to NARA guidelines and house the Laboratory’s 600 seat lecture hall. The location for this new…

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