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General Services Administration picks Hensel Phelps for $274.7 million design-build contract expand a border station in Douglas, Arizonaaccording to an award notice dated September 24.
The New Douglas commercial port of entry project is funded under the Jobs and Infrastructure Investment Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, according to the agency. In total, the GSA plans to upgrade 38 federal land ports of entry along the northern and southern borders of the United States using $1 billion in IRA and IIJA funds, with the goal of modernizing facilities while boosting clean manufacturing and domestic sustainable technologies.
The agency plans to use low-carbon asphalt, concrete, glass and steel materials for the Douglas project, which will be designed to meet LEED-Gold standards.
The existing border station at Douglas is a multimodal port that inspects vehicles and pedestrians, according to the GSA notice of application. However, he says current facilities are no longer functioning adequately given site constraints, ever-increasing traffic and outdated facilities and technology.
The new border station will be located 5 miles west of the existing Port of Douglas along the US-Mexico border on a 106-acre site. The work includes the construction of a main building, commercial primary inspection lanes, a commercial inspection building and loading docks, a vehicle departure booth, a firearms simulation building and a facility from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, according to the GSA.
This isn’t the first frontier contract Hensel Phelps has secured recently: In July, the Greeley, Colo.-based contractor won a $173.6 million design-build contract for the final phase of the project. Expansion and modernization of the Calexico West Land port of entry project in Calexico, California.
