Webster Field Annex Building, NAS Patuxent River, MD

Special Communications Requirement Integration Facility (SCRIF)
Webster Field Annex, NAS Patuxent River, MD

WBCM was responsible for the architectural, structural, site design and construction document preparation of a new SCRIF as a Design-Build project, administered by the Engineering Field Activity Chesapeake of the U.S. Navy (EFACHES). The facility is a 1,868 square meter one story building, with a high-bay Vehicle Integration Area (Garage) and associated mezzanine storage area, Integration Laboratories, Training and Conference Rooms, and Break, Shower and Locker Rooms. The facility will provide for communications systems integration into a variety of vehicles, as well as training, equipment testing, and life-cycle support for projects tasked to the Special Communications Requirements Division (SCRD). In addition, this project will provide for a cleared field of 11,150 square meters that will be used to test both equipment and deployment procedures, along with associated site-work, roads and parking areas. The project required antiterrorism and sustainable design criteria.