April 2002

Ran:  San Diego Daily Transcript - Real Estate/Construction
April 15, 2002

Design-build complex completed for Marines at Camp Pendleton
Douglas E. Barnhart Inc. and design-build partner Mosher Drew Watson & Ferguson have completed the Staff Non-Commissioned Officer (SNCO) Academy facility and an accompanying Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) at Camp Pendleton.
The new 85,000-square-foot facility is comprised of five buildings, including the BEQ, and activity center, the academy, a warehouse and an armory.  Constructed of masonry, the facility provides lodging for Academy students and is one of only two educational facilities in the nation built expressly to train SNCO.  SNCO personnel will receive a professional military education, including educational, mental and physical training, leadership development, tactics and strategies, operations, communications, and employment of weapons systems.  A cast-in-place concrete amphitheater for graduation and parade ceremonies was also constructed.
Key subcontractors included Sierra Pacific West, New Dimension Masonry, Quality Reinforcing, Partition Specialties, Burch Construction, Schultz Contracting, R.J. Lanthier, Gould Electric and Nick Pecoraro Painting.  The contractor's team members included Tex Barnhart as the principal-in-charge, Ken Bingham as superintendent and John Roach as quality control manager.  For the architect, team members included Larry Hoeksema and Bill Magnuson.  The developer is Southwest Division (SWDIV) Naval Facilities Engineering Command.

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