Kiewit :: Government

Newport News Federal Courthouse

Newport News, Va.

The Newport News Federal Courthouse is a 35,000-square-foot, LEED^® Silver certified facility. The interior structural, security and utility work included the construction of courtrooms, jury rooms, judges' chambers, office areas for administrative and security personnel, and a two-story lobby with sitting areas and restrooms.

Fort Wainwright Barracks

Fort Wainwright, Ak.

The Fort Wainwright Barracks is a more than 100,000-square-foot, three-story, 276-person barracks comprised of two-bedroom apartments with full kitchen and dining areas, and a core unit with a lobby, mail room, recycling and vending. The second story houses a recreation area with large south-facing windows that view the Alaska Range.

USSTRATCOM Command Center

Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.

This project involved a total facility overhaul of an underground command center at Offutt Air Force Base. The project included dismantling and reconstructing the mechanical and electrical systems and a total architectural makeover.

Offutt Housing Privatization Project

Omaha, Neb.

The Offutt Housing Privatization Project included the demolition of 1,370 homes, building 916 new homes, renovating 546 existing homes and building a new community center and other neighborhood amenities.

J. James Exon Regional FBI Headquarters

Omaha, Neb.

The J. James Exon Regional FBI Headquarters is a multi-building, secure campus that includes a 97,800-square-foot office building, 49,400-square-foot parking garage and a 14,500-square-foot annex building. The main four-story building achieved LEED^® Gold certification and incorporated numerous sustainable design features.

National Park Services Regional Headquarters

Omaha, Neb.

The National Park Services Regional Headquarters is a LEED^® Gold certified, three-story office building. The 68,000-square-foot building contains office and meeting rooms on the upper levels and a mixture of private and public spaces on the lower level. Public areas include exhibit spaces, book store, library and public meeting rooms.

BRAC III

Kaneohe, Hawaii

The $56 million Base Realignment and Closer Phase III (BRAC III) project for was comprised of six separate projects for the U.S. Navy and involved renovating and constructing 440,000 square feet of base structures. New construction included a tactical support facility housing a training center and flight simulator; helicopter pads; and training and hazardous waste facilities. All work was performed while minimizing impacts to the Navy's existing adjacent operations.

U.S. Air Force Global Weather Agency

Bellevue, Neb.

The Air Force Weather Agency headquarters is a $27 million, four-story, 188,000-square-foot data center and office building built for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to accommodate the Air Force’s global weather functions. The building is LEED^® Gold certified, and features low-wattage lamps, electronic ballasts and occupy sensors. The building was carefully placed to optimize sun angles, and uses sunshades, light shelves and high-efficiency glazing to enhance window performance.

GSA CIS Denver Office

Denver, Colo.

The Government Services Administration - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration (GSA CIS) Denver District Office is a 45,876-square-foot building featuring a core and shell, precast superstructure with an architectural precast exterior, ribbon windows and a segmented curtain wall. GSA CIS was designed to meet LEED^® Silver guidelines and features including high-energy-performance curtain walls and window systems to minimize solar heat gain and maximize daylight; a high-performance mechanical system utilizing ground source heat pump and energy recovery units; native landscaping materials that require no irrigation system; and locally manufactured materials for structure, exterior skin and interior finishes.

Anchorage Sport Fish Hatchery

Anchorage, Alaska

Built for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, the 134,000-square-foot Anchorage Sport Fish Hatchery is the largest enclosed sport fish hatchery in North America. The hatchery raises more species of cold water fish in recirculating aquaculture systems than any other sport fish production facility in the U.S. King and and silver salmon, rainbow trout, arctic char, lake trout and arctic grayling are raised in the hatchery and are then stocked into rivers and lakes throughout the south central region of Alaska.