McCarthy Mortenson NBAF A Joint Venture

NBAF Project Joint Venture Team

On September 18, the Department of Homeland Security announced the award of a contract for the preconstruction phase services of the proposed National Bio and Agro Defense Facility (NBAF). This contract will allow the future construction manager to participate during the current design phase as a member of the project core team to perform design and constructability reviews.

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The Department selected the joint venture team of McCarthy Mortenson as the construction firm to complete the preconstruction phase services and construction phase services required for successful completion of the project. McCarthy’s headquarters office is located in St. Louis, MO. Mortenson has local offices in Manhattan, KS and is the largest general contractor in that area. McCarthy Mortenson was awarded the contract through a competitive process based on their expertise in constructing biocontainment labs. The contract includes phased options to award future construction tasks to the firm for the duration of the NBAF development process as part of the Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc) acquisition approach, successfully used on DHS’s National BioDefense Analysis & Countermeasures Center (NBACC) project.

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