The Navy has awarded a $14.9 million contract to repair and refurbish two bachelor enlisted quarters buildings at Marine Corps Base Hawaii that currently house 387 Marines and sailors, Navy officials said.
Barracks 1604 and 1632 were both built in 1972 and will ultimately house 350 personnel once repairs are completed by September 2017, said Denise Emsley, a spokeswoman for Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii.
"Renovations to these two buildings will significantly improve the lives of personnel who are assigned, allowing them to enjoy the quality of life others already have living in new, modern barracks," Emsley said in an email to Marine Corps Times.
The buildings require plumbing, electrical and some structural work to bring them up to current building and safety codes, Emsley said. Neither building has health issues that need to be remedied, she said.
The repairs include replacing toilets, showers, light fixtures, the electrical distribution panel and electrical wiring to meet arc fault protection requirements, she said. The buildings' heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems will be repaired and both barracks will get new doors, windows, a fire alarm system and hard-wired smoke detectors.
Two other barracks at Marine Corps Base Hawaii are set to have the same types of repairs and renovations, Emsley said. Barracks 1633 is expected to be completed in August and Barracks 386 is slated to be finished in mid-2016.
"Future repair/renovation projects may include as many as none buildings (1604 and 1632 just announced are part of this number) and there may be new construction of two barracks," she said. "These future numbers are planned projects. They still may need approval and/or funding actions."
