NORAD US SPACECOM

Peterson Air Force Base

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Description of Work:

Construction of a new headquarters facility for the military in charge of defense for the United States Homeland Security at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Two new buildings join an existing Air Force Space Command facility to comprise an overall “space complex.”   Both structural steel-framed buildings are two stories with basements.  The Army building totals more than 100,000 square feet; the NORAD/U.S. Space Command building encompasses 158,000 square feet.  The design-build contract totals approximately $80 million.

Ludvik Electric Co. installed 15KV primary services to double ended substations for redundancy.  Lighting consisted of closely calculated foot-candle levels each use.  Power included normal, emergency, and critical.  Tele/data was the #1 priority for the Protected Distribution Systems (PDS), and consisted of red and black separation.  Each workstation was provided with one (1) voice (CAT 5), three (3) data (fiber), and one (1) spare (fiber).  Other systems included sophisticated fire alarm, security, emergency power, red and black ground system, etc.

Name and Address of Owner:

Peterson Air Force Base

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Contract Number and Type:

Period of Performance:  27 Months

Project Completed:   January, 2003

Cost History:

Contract Amount:           $23,000,000

References:

General Contractor:

Swinerton Builders

6890 West 52^nd Avenue, Suite 100

Arvada, Colorado 80002

Percentage of Work by Ludvik Electric Co.’s own forces: 

100%