New Army Training Support Center under construction

Posted March 17, 2010
By Jerry Rogers, Norfolk District Public Affairs

03/17/2010 - JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The U.S. Army broke ground March 16 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis for a new $13.6 million Army Training Support Center, or ATSC, headquarters.

"This is truly an historic day for the Soldiers, civilians and contractors of ATSC, who have waited patiently since the project's original planning in 1981," said Col. Mark G. Edgren, ATSC's commander.

The 56,700 square-foot military construction project is managed by the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the 733rd Mission Support Group's Civil Engineer Division. The project contractor is Homeland Contracting, Inc., a woman-owned minority small business, based in Virginia Beach, Va.

The new ATSC headquarters, set for completion in spring 2011, includes administrative offices, special work areas, classrooms, conference rooms, storage areas, mailroom, and video and telecommunication spaces.

The central headquarters brings ATSC employees together on a site where 17 World War II-era wooden buildings previously stood. The four separate locations that housed ATSC personnel and their equipment had begun to deteriorate and created unsafe working conditions.

ATSC delivers integrated products, services and infrastructure to enable education and full-spectrum training of today's soldier.

Project funding was provided by Congress through a military construction appropriation for fiscal year 2009, said Jonathan Jones, Corps project manager. "This project will provide a high-tech, energy-efficient facility that will greatly improve employee morale and allow ATSC to safely continue its important Army mission," added Jones.