Joint Base Langley-Eustis breaks ground on new child development center

Posted April 14, 2010
By Norfolk District Public Affairs

04/14/2010 - JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — To honor the Month of the Military Child, the U.S. Army will break ground for a new $9.6 million child development center (CDC) April 16 at 10 a.m., at Joint Base Langley-Eustis.

The 26,000 square-foot CDC facility, using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA funding, is designed to accommodate 232 children, ages six weeks to five-years-old.

The design-build 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 CDC, set for completion in April 2011, features indoor and outdoor activity areas, a commercial kitchen, laundry, storage and supply rooms, fire protection and alarm systems and administrative offices. The project is designed and constructed to meet the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), achieving a silver certification.