Navy Awards Contract for Passenger Terminal Renovation in Hawaii
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii awarded a $20.5 million firm-fixed-price task order under a multiple award construction contract April 27 to Insight Pacific LLC, a small business in Anaheim, Calif. The work to be performed is for repairs of the existing two-story Air Mobility Command Passenger Terminal (AMC) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) and renovations to the in-bound and out-bound passenger processing so that it will comply with current codes, requirements and accessibility standards. "This project not only increases the efficiency of a facility which serves 100,000 passengers a year; but will also improve the quality of life of everyone there," said NAVFAC Hawaii's Commanding Officer Capt. Dean Tufts.
AAPA Study Examines Cruise Ports
To accommodate rapid growth in the North American passenger cruise industry, U.S. ports are facing potential expenditures of $150-300 million to meet existing Federal regulations for cruise facility design and space. That’s the conclusion of a study launched this year by the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), with the results unveiled at AAPA’s annual convention in Curaçao. AAPA initiated the study to address cruise ports’ pressing concerns over elaborate, cumbersome, costly and duplicative Federal requirements. The association retained the services of Bermello, Ajamil & Partners, experts in facility design. to conduct the study and recommend solutions.
