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The Energy Department’s Office of Science selected Greeley, Colo.-based Hensel Phelps as the general contractor/construction lead for Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s second target station project, according to a Announcement of June 26. The project will be cost between $1.8 billion and $3 billionaccording to a 2023 DOE Office of Science fact sheet.
The project will expand and complement the neutron capabilities of the existing first target station to enable advances in the physical and biological sciences.
In total, the builder expects more than 30 commercial subcontractors to contribute, with more than 350 trades expected during the peak of construction over the next eight years, according to the release.
The installation will be designed to comply with the DOE High Performance Sustainable Building Guiding Principleswhich include:
- Use integrated design principles.
- Optimizing energy performance.
- Protect and conserve water.
- Improvement of the indoor environment.
- Reduction of the environmental impact of materials.
- Assess and consider building resilience.
The overall CM/GC contract will include the preconstruction and construction phases, according to the press release. Hensel Phelps is currently in the pre-construction phase, which includes design reviews, market analysis, value engineering and development of a master project schedule.
The project comes during a year in which Hensel Phelps saw a wide-ranging change in leadership: On January 8, the company named Brad Jeanneret as its new president and chief operating officer.
