RCC’s building systems have been designed and engineered for the U.S. military’s Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQs), Advanced Individual Training (AIT) dormitories, as well as Warrior in Transition (WIT) barracks. All buildings meet the required Progressive Collapse requirements as well as all Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC).
Great Inagua BEQs
U.S. Coast Guard Facility, Great InaguaIsland
Scope of Work:
Royal Concrete Concepts provided Very Low Maintenance Housing units and a desalination plant for the US Coast Guard Operations at the Bahamas Turks & Caicos Aviation Deployment Site.
All units were constructed near to completion off-site at the Royal Concrete Concepts manufacturing plant in Florida and were delivered by barge to the island. Because labor and construction equipment was not available on the island, RCC provided all site work, with cranes and heavy machinery also transported via barge, in order to complete the project on behalf of the US government. Although the project began during the heightened hurricane season of 2004, all work was completed on schedule for February of 2005.
UPDATE: The Coast Guard facility at Great InaguaIsland took a direct hit by the eye of wall of Hurricane Ike at Category IV strength in August 2008. Despite damage to 80% of the homes in the area, Bruce C. Brown of the U.S. Coast Guard reported on-site that the buildings provided by Royal Concrete Concepts “look as good today as they did before the storm, (with) no damage.”
Owner:
U.S. Department of the Navy
Construction Method:
Design-Build
Status:
Commencement, November 2004
Completion, February 2005
Building Size:
1,080 sq. ft. per BEQ unit
Total Amount of Units:
7 BEQs and a desalination plant
Andros Island BEQs
Andros Island, The Bahamas
Scope of Work:
Royal Concrete Concepts provided housing for U.S. Coast Guard personnel on staff at the Atlantic Undersea Test & Evaluation Center (AUTEC), a US Navy facility. The concrete modules were produced off-site at the Royal Concrete Concepts manufacturing facility in Florida and delivered to the site by barge, along with cranes and other heavy equipment. The buildings were completed in four months on-site on Andros Island.
Owner/User:
AUTEC (Atlantic Undersea Test & Evaluation Center), a division of the Navy
Construction Method:
Design-Build
Project Type:
New construction using Modular Building System
Status:
Commencement: August, 2002
Completion: December, 2002
Size:
1,080 sq. ft. per unit
Total Amount of Units:
5 BEQ units
