Barnhart Balfour Beatty is constructing a $63.7-million Weapons and Armament Technology Center at the Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) for Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest. The facility is located in China Lake, Calif. The 170,000-SF design-build project comprises state-of-the-art laboratories and supporting administration offices. The project will be designed to LEED silver standards and promote environmental and energy conservation.
Featuring a clean, contemporary look with inviting space, the Technology Center will include a dividable 335-seat conference room, secure work areas and fully equipped transient office workspaces. Two-story clerestory windows in the open office areas provide natural lighting and energy reduction. Exterior seating areas with desert-hardy plants and shade trees accent the building exterior and are connected by a pedestrian plaza to the existing base laboratory complex.
The grounds will offer Navy exhibits – including an F-18A fighter jet – and various Navy missile armaments developed at NAWS China Lake in addition to parking for 700 vehicles. The mission of the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division is to provide research, development, acquisition, testing and evaluation of weapons and armament for the Navy.
| CLIENT: | Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest Division |
| ARCHITECT: | KMA Architecture + Planning |
| PROJECT SIZE: | 170,000 SF |
| CONSTRUCTION COST: |
$63.7 million |