Mortenson and Six Other Companies Selected for Multiple Award Construction Contract (MACC) in Guam

Guam — Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific has announced that Kiewit-Mortenson Joint Venture is one of seven teams to be awarded a Multiple Award Construction Contract (MACC) to compete for $4 billion of design-build projects on the island of Guam and other Pacific areas. Kiewit-Mortenson is a joint venture of Kiewit Guam Co. and Mortenson Guam Corporation and was formed to pursue significant projects on Guam and the Pacific Region. Mortenson, by virtue of it’s expertise in “vertical” construction, will take the lead on building projects. As a major industry leader in civil and other “horizontal” types of construction, Kiewit will take the lead role on civil projects. The first new project under this program, a major wharf rehabilitation project, has already been released for bidding.

The Guam MACC is the largest single component of the “Guam Buildup,” the construction response to the upcoming relocation of 8,000 Marines and their 11,000 dependents from Okinawa, Japan, to a new base to be built on Guam. The 5-year program will include major improvements to the Guam Naval Base, Apra Harbor, Andersen Air Force Base as well as major building and infrastructure projects throughout Guam. Outside of the work under the MACC agreement, Kiewit-Mortenson recently submitted a bid for a Navy replacement hospital on Guam and will be bidding a large site infrastructure and utility project at the port, air base and new marine base next month. It’s been estimated that total “Buildup” construction costs will eventually reach $15 billion.

Guam has been a United States territory since 1898 and Guam residents became U.S. citizens in 1950. The island is approximately 30 miles long and up to 12 miles wide for a total area of 212 square miles. Guam’s population is currently 175,552 and there are estimates that it could grow by up to 40,000 during the next 5 years due to the Guam Buildup and related development. Guam is located just over 6,000 miles southwest of Los Angeles, 3,700 miles west of Honolulu, Hawaii, and 1,600 miles south of Tokyo, Japan.