Art Anderson Associates provided architectural and engineering services as part of a design/build team to construct new entry gates and associated facilities at the Naval Submarine Base, New London in Connecticut. The $4.8 million project encompassed approximately 7,000sf in new construction and achieved its goal of providing the proper security measures necessary to meet modern security requirements and terrorist threats.

Along with our design/build partner, a joint venture between Triton Marine Construction and TechnoGeneral Services, we designed and supervised construction of new security guardhouses, vehicle lanes, firing positions, a privately-owned-vehicle waiting/inspection shelter, a generator enclosure and canopy. The existing guardhouses were salvaged and relocated, replaced by hardened structures. Each guardhouse includes a restroom, intrusion detection system, CCTV system, LAN and a base-wide duress alarm system. The new firing positions replaced existing sandbagged structures, and the new generator enclosure is hardened.

One example of how our team was able to contribute to schedule and cost control for this project was our firm's suggestion to build a temporary gate facility, which the Navy had not considered. This allowed construction to occur on both gates simultaneously, instead of sequentially, allowing the project to be completed in only a year, as opposed to the two that was originally anticipated.