GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA has selected SEMI USA Corporation of Houston to
construct the Flight Projects Building at the agency's Goddard Space
Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
This firm-fixed-price
contract is valued at approximately $31 million, with options for about
$1 million worth of additional work. The period of performance for all
work is 18 months from issuance of the Notice to Proceed on or about
January 31, 2013.
The Flight Projects Building will contain
120,000 square feet of office space distributed on four floors. The
steel-frame, clear-span structure will have glass and terracotta
rain-screen panel walls with sun-shading elements. The building also
will have interior demountable and fixed walls. Associated work includes
spread-mat foundation, new and upgraded roadways, parking, traffic
signals, perimeter site access fencing, site lighting, new and upgraded
utilities, erosion and sediment control, storm water management, and
landscaping. This new construction is designed to achieve a minimum of
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) 2009 V3 silver
certification.