PRotecting our borders

PRotecting our borders
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01 FLETC Port-of-Entry & Border Patrol Station, Glynco, GA
02 Rio Grande Border Patrol Sector Headquarters, Edinburg, TX
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In 1941, HDR received an unexpected
contract from the Quartermaster
General of the Army to design a 35,000man training facility in Montana. In the
decades since, our portfolio of work
with Federal government agencies has
grown to include millions of square
feet, most of which has been procured
under Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite
Quantity contracts. HDR understands
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Technology
General Services Administration
Department of Defense
The Pentagon
U.S. Navy, Naval
Research Laboratory
U.S. Air Force Academy
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(various districts)
the complex nature of planning and
designing government buildings and
More than 65% of our annual business
their need to be delivered on time and
is from repeat clients, many of whom
within budget.
have worked with HDR continuously
over the last 30 years. We are also
Our satisfied clients include:
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Department of Justice
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03 Texas Service Center, Space Programming and Process Analysis, Dallas, TX
04 Eagle Pass Border Patrol Station, Eagle Pass, TX
05 FLETC Port-of-Entry & Border Patrol Station, Glynco, GA
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06 Tucson Sector Border Patrol Station, Tucson, AZ
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I n t e l l i g e n c e a n d Op e r a t i o n s C o o r d i n a t i o n
C e n t e r , T u c s o n B o r d e r Pat r o l S e c t o r
Headquarters
Tucson, Az
This, first-of-its-kind, Intelligence and
and certification of a secure database,
Operations Coordination Center for
secure communications integration,
the U.S. Border Patrol represents the
and full stand up and implementation
front line defense for the Office of
of the Intelligence, Law Enforcement
Intelligence for border security. Both
Tactical Center, and Intelligence
national and international intelligence
Communications Departments as well
is analyzed, coordinated between
as the Situation Awareness Center.
branches, and disseminated to the
field for immediate implementation.
Project Details
The Situation Awareness Center is
Cost: $16 Million
the most advanced communications
center within Customs and Border
Protection. The teams that are housed
here represent our best opportunity to
stay ahead of the criminals attempting
to exploit America’s Southern Border.
Due to operational requirements
Square Footage: 25,000 SF
Responsibility: Design and construction
management, including architecture,
engineering, security design, environmental
impact studies and assessment
Contractor: Sacramento District for Customs
and Border Protection, Washington, DC
months prior to the original delivery
Building Components: Academic/training
rooms, office spaces, detention holding,
computer room, parking spaces, an outdoor
simulation area, landscaping
date. This date reflected installation
Completion Date: July 2011
the schedule was accelerated and
beneficial occupancy was granted 3
Aj o B o r d e r P a t r o l S t a t i o n
W h y, A Z
This facility was designed for 350 agents
unique sustainability features: a water
and will replace the original building,
harvesting/storage system to capture
designed for 25 agents. DHS acquired
rain water from the roofs which will
an unimproved 32-acre parcel of land
be used to irrigate the natural desert
from the Bureau of Land Management
landscaping, large overhangs to shade
(BLM) to build their new facility. It is
the exterior walls, and R-40 roof and
a “site-adapt” of a 350-man station
R-23 wall insulation to help reduce
previously built in Yuma, Arizona and
mechanical equipment sizes to reduce
designed by HDR. HDR is providing full
first-hand costs.
architectural and engineering services
for this project. The new complex
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consists of a 54,500 SF administration,
Cost: $35 Million
detention, training areas, offices and
SBInet building. The Border Patrol
Station has a sally port, alien processing
areas and hold rooms. In addition to
the new station, there is an 8,400 SF
industrial building with general shops
and electronic repair bays, a set of fuel
islands, car wash and parking for 753
Square Footage: 62,900 SF
Responsibility: Design and construction
management including; architecture,
engineering, master planning, security
design, environmental impact studies and
assessment
Contractor: Fort Worth District for Customs
and Border Protection, Washington, DC
already been registered with the US
Building Components: Academic/
training rooms, office spaces, detention
holding, computer room, parking spaces,
maintenance facility, landscaping
Green Building Council. The design has
Completion Date: July 2013
vehicles. This building was designed to
meet LEED Silver Certification and has
T u c s o n B o r d e r Pat r o l s e c t o r H e a d q u a r t e r s
Tucson, Az
This sector facility is located on 30
plus vehicle parking and bus parking
acres of land and replaced an older,
on the site. The innovative solution
cramped facility that had been in
called for making the retention basins
use since the mid-sixties. The Tucson
deeper than normal and keeping them
Sector is the second largest sector
on the perimeter of the site, which also
in the county and oversees eight
provided additional barriers against
Border Patrol Stations along the
terrorist acts.
Arizona/Mexico border. The new
complex consists of: an administration
Project Details
building (64,000 SF) that includes a
Cost: $35 Million
communications center, Borstar and
Special Response Team operations; a
detention facility (17,000 SF); a facilities
maintenance building (33,500 SF);
and a Vehicle Maintenance Buildings
Square Footage: 149,500 SF
Responsibility: Full AE services
Contractor: Fort Worth District of U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, TX
challenging requirements calling for
Building Components: Lobby, waiting
area, academic/training rooms, office space,
communications center, vehicle maintenance
building, secured sallyport/detention area
onsite storm water retention while
Completion Date: July 2006
(40,500 SF) with 24 vehicle repair bays.
The project team was able to satisfy
fitting the programmed square footage
E ag l e Pa s s B o r d e r Pat r o l S tat i o n
E agl e Pa ss , T X
The new facility is one of the largest
facility was achieved by designing the
immigration processing facilities in the
complex with zoned areas of public/
United States, and was master planned
secured entry and circulation.
to accommodate potential growth up
to 350 agents and 380 detainees, with
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buildings and site improvements to be
Cost: $13.4 Million
built in phases. Phase one included the
main administration building, detainee
intake, processing and detention space,
visitor areas and public lobby. Kennels
and a vehicle maintenance facility also
were completed. The central building’s
Square Footage: 50,391 SF
Responsibility: Master planning, full AE
services
Contractor: Fort Worth District of U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, TX
limit heat gain while expansive glazing
Building Components: Lobby, waiting
area, academic/training rooms, office space,
communications center, secured sallyport/
detention area, detainee intake, lobby,
visiting area, gymnasium, armory, drug
evidence room, drug testing facilities, kennel,
vehicle fueling station
maximizes views to the outdoors.
Completion Date: May 2007
modern architectural character
projects the desired image of strength,
presence and control. Stucco and
light-color local limestone cladding
Enhanced security and operation
R i o G r a n d e Va l l e y B o r d e r Pat r o l
Sector Headquarters
Edinburg, TX
As the first phase of a master planned
integrated, maximizing penetration of
development on a 28.65 acre campus,
natural light, and promoting efficient
it will eventually be expanded to
interaction between departments.
196,000 SF and 2,000 agents. Designed
to create a strong sense of community
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and pedestrian scale, the various
Cost: $17.4 Million
departments were arranged in three
buildings organized around a central
courtyard. Extensive use of glass, metal
wall/roof panels, and pre-cast concrete
enhance the exterior architecture.
Extended roof overhangs at the
Square Footage: 71,575 SF
Responsibility: Master planning, concept
design, and security consulting
Contractor: Fort Worth District of U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, TX
over glazing reflect light into interior
Building Components: Lobby/reception
area, management/administration offices,
support services spaces, training rooms,
communications area, secured sallyport/
detention area, special operation spaces,
gymnasium/locker room, kennel, supply
warehouse, weapons storage
office areas and minimize heat gain.
Completion Date: January 2006
perimeter provide more interest and
comfortable circulation for pedestrians.
Views out of the building are maximized. Stationary horizontal sunscreens
Open and private office areas are fully
Y u m a B o r d e r Pat r o l S tat i o n
Yuma, AZ
This facility has two zoned areas
based on the level of intended access
ranging from semi-public to secure/
private in order to enhance its security
Project Details
Cost: $12.9 Million
Square Footage: 45,000 SF
and operational efficiency. The semi-
Responsibility: Full AE services
public areas— offices, entry, training
Contractor: Fort Worth District of
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, TX
rooms, administrative support and
private areas were kept far from the
Building Components: Lobby/reception
area, administration/offices, training rooms,
communications center, secured sallyport/
detention area
public street. A secured sallyport
Completion Date: November 2007
the squad room—are closest to the
street frontage and the entry. Secure/
buffers the two areas. The sallyport
includes detention/processing and
administrative areas. The facility was
designed using the U.S. Border Patrol
Facilities Design Guidelines that HDR
Architecture prepared and continues
to update.
Ports of Entry
Nat i o n w i d e
HDR responded to a “Verbal Notice
Fort Worth Districts of the Corps of
to Proceed” to assemble a project
Engineers in overseeing the solicitation
management team in the Fort Worth
process for these projects. These
District to manage the RFP solicitation
projects were all to be solicited under
preparation and issue, response
existing MATOC Construction Contracts
evaluation, subsequent design
owned by various Corps of Engineer
review, construction scheduling
Districts. Work during the two project
and budget review of ten new
phases included.
construction projects. These projects
were part of a special program for the
Project Details
Department of Homeland Security
Cost: $180 Million
(U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Field Operations Facilities). HDR had
a project management team on the
ground working within one day and
they produced their first work product,
a Design-Build Request for Proposal
template within five working days.
HDR provided direct support to the
St. Paul, New England, Omaha, and
Square Footage: 320,000 SF
Responsibility: Program management
including all phases of project delivery; RFP
development, solicitation assistance, bid
reviews, design oversight
Contractor: Fort Worth District for Customs
and Border Protection, Washington, DC
Building Components: Ports of entry,
roads, real estate
Completion Date: 2012
Ports of Entry
Nat i o n w i d e
HDR was initially contracted to provide
and Border Protection. The projects
project management support for nine
involved the replacement of land ports
major construction projects for ports
of entry. The construction included
of entry on the northern and southern
planning, real estate, environmental,
borders, which has since expanded
civil and transportation engineering,
to 14 projects. The support was
architectural design, IT and
required to supplement the Corps of
communication design, and detailed
Engineers local district offices for this
coordination with the operational
exigent requirement. HDR essentially
elements to assure trans-border traffic
worked as an extension of the Corps of
and security was not disrupted.
Engineers for this work. HDR provided
a program manager and 3 project
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managers backed by a dedicated multi-
Cost: $106 Million
disciplinary team from a variety of HDR
offices. The initial nine projects moved
so smoothly and task was modified to
assign HDR five additional projects.
The projects were part of a large
Design-Build Program generated by
Square Footage: 240,000 SF
Responsibility: Construction management
including scheduling, inspection, conflict
resolution
Contractor: Fort Worth District for Customs
and Border Protection, Washington, DC
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Building Components: Ports of entry,
Act funding to the U.S. Customs
roads, real estate
Completion Date: Ongoing
F e d e r a l B u i l d i n g , 101 W C o n g r e s s P k w y
C h i c a g o , IL
Adhering to the guidelines of the
deportation sallyport; decentralized
General Services Administration’s
access control and intrusion detection;
Design Excellence Program, the
digital video surveillance and recording;
renovation of the Chicago Federal
as well as both passive and active
Building consolidated several DHS
counter-terrorism measures. The
operations into one government-owned
renovation is LEED CI Silver certified.
building. A new recessed outdoor
covered lobby and a vertical glass
Project Details
bay, a tradition in Chicago’s historic
Cost: $67 Million
buildings, separates old from new. By
reconfiguring the space, the building
Square Footage: 240,000 SF Renovation,
500,000 SF Total Building
now accommodates thousands of
Responsibility: Full AE services
visitors and their families a day, while
meeting the need for separation of
public traffic from employee and
investigative functions and providing
security for the special tenant needs.
Contractor: GSA Region 5, Chicago, IL
Building Components: Administrative
offices, multi-use auditorium, secure
detention area, deportation sallyport, waiting
rooms
Design features include: a voluminous
Completion Date: March 2007
sky-lit atrium waiting room; a multi-
Sustainability: LEED® Commercial Interior
use auditorium space for swearing in
Certification
ceremonies; a secure detention and
Fe de r al L aw E nforceme nt Tr aining Ce nte r
( FLETC ) P o r t - o f - E n t r y/ B o r d e r P a t r o l S t a t i o n
Tr ai n i n g Faci lit y
G ly n c o , G A
As the headquarters facility for the
into the public space is moderated by
FLETC, this campus features classrooms,
sun control louvers cantilevered from
dormitories, administrative, and
the curtainwall frame. The high space
logistical support structures, all of
in the lobby houses an observation
which provide realistic settings of
mezzanine from which activities can be
actual border patrol facilities. Using
video taped for training purposes.
the DHS Design Guides, which were
authored by HDR, the Mock Port-of-
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Entry/Border Patrol Station training
Cost: $4.4 Million
facility provides for a high level of
flexibility to ensure that it can be
easily reconfigured to meet the needs
of changing technology and training
methodology. Separate computer
rooms facilitate real-time training. The
building’s “transparent” architectural
expression delivers visual control
between the primary inspection
of vehicles at the booths and the
secondary inspection at the public
counter inside the building. Sunlight
Square Footage: 25,000 SF
Responsibility: Design architecture,
engineering, security design, environmental
impact studies and assessment
Contractor: Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Washington, DC
Building Components: Academic/training
rooms, office spaces, detention holding,
computer room, parking spaces, an outdoor
simulation area, landscaping
Completion Date: July 2001
P HASE I EN V IRON M ENTAL ASSESS M ENTS FOR
TACTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOU T H W E S T BORD E R
HDR was integral to the construction
from the Rio Grande halfway through
of the “border fence” on the southwest
the project. This resulted in the need
border. The fence was funded as a
for a second site visit to reevaluate the
special initiative to control transit of
properties, re-inventory the existing
the United States Border by illegal
wastes, and characterize the new
aliens and drug smugglers. HDR has
wastes following the flooding.
prepared 129 Phase I ESAs for CBP and
USACE Fort Worth District. The Phase I
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ESAs covered approximately 350 miles
COST: N/A
of proposed fence corridors, 280 miles
of proposed access roads, and 655 acres
of proposed staging areas throughout
four states (CA, AZ, NW, TX). The Phase I
ESAs were completed on a compressed
schedule with 25 or more being
conducted simultaneously at any one
time. The Phase I ESA for CBP in Del Rio,
TX, project was unique because the
site was flooded with 8 feet of water
SCOPE: 350 Miles
RESPONSIBILITY: Complete environmental
studies and analysis
CONTRACTOR: Fort Worth District of U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, TX
COMPONENTS: Sampling of soil, air,
groundwater, waste, and/or building
materials, reports, briefings. (IAW US EPA
based on ASTM in Standard E1527-05)
COMPLETION DATE: 2011
NATIONAL EN V IRON M ENTAL P LANNING ACT ( NE P A )
DOCU M ENTS FOR TACTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOU T H W E S T BORD E R
HDR supported the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) and
Secure Border Initiative (SBI) through
the preparation of numerous NEPA
documents addressing the construction,
operation, and maintenance of
tactical infrastructure on the U.S./
Mexico international border,
including high fence lines and other
deterrents. HDR’s support included
preparation of two EISs; three EAs;
and supporting services such as
cultural resources surveys, biological
surveys, biological assessments,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section
7 consultation, scoping and public
meetings, translation services, Phase
I and Phase II Environmental Site
Assessments (ESAs) on 70 proposed
sections of tactical infrastructure,
and California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) compliance—all under an
extremely expedited schedule. We also
coordinated with multiple federal, state,
regional, and local agencies, including
the USIBWC, USFWS, USEPA, SHPOs, NPS,
BLM, Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), and
the USACE. Because of the congressional
mandate for the projects, HDR
completed all the above-listed services
on a very short timeline.
Project Details
COST: N/A
SCOPE: 350 Miles
RESPONSIBILITY: Complete environmental
assessments and associated studies and
compliance
CONTRACTOR: Fort Worth District of U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, TX
COMPONENTS: Environmental impact analyses
and environmental assessments to include,
biological assessments, natural resources
inventories, endangered/threatened species
surveys NHPA Section 106, Archaeological
Resources Protection Act (ARPA), Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Act (NAGPRA), American Antiquities Act,
EO 11593 (Protection and Enhancement of
the Cultural Environment), and Executive
Order (EO) 13007 (Indian Sacred Sites, Aerial
Photogrammetric and GIS Mapping/Remote
Sensing and Applied Technologies
COMPLETION DATE: 2011
Tac t i c a l I n f r a s t r u c t u r e P r o j e c t M a n ag e m e n t
S o u t h we s t B o r d e r
Since 2001, HDR has worked on over
(Integrated Project Team–IPT) efforts
25 individual tasks under contracts
(engineering, environmental, material
involving program management related
procurement, project construction and
to the development-implementation-
real estate), facilitating team meetings
execution of a comprehensive Tactical
and teleconferences, coordination with
Infrastructure (TI) Program along the
local, state and federal agencies and
U.S.-Mexico Border. HDR has partnered
the general public (where applicable)
with the Department of Homeland
as well as updating the annual Sectors’
Security , specifically the U.S. Customs
Program Management Plan (PMP),
and Border Protection (USCBP),
Annual Funding Request Packages, and
including the National Logistic Center,
Annual and Five-Year Spending Plans.
in Indianapolis, the Logistics Centers
in Dallas and Laguna Nigel, the Office
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of Border Patrol (OBP) Headquarters
Cost: N/A
and 14 of the 17 Sectors located along
the United States borders. HDR also
developed the long-range planning
and programming studies outlining
the TI Program requirements for
most of the sectors located along the
Square Footage: N/A
Responsibility: Program management
including all phases of project delivery
Contractor: Fort Worth District for Customs
and Border Protection, Washington, DC
program management services include
Building Components: Fences, roads, lights,
real estate reviews and surveys, environmental
impact analysis, and capital planning
overall coordination of the teams
Completion Date: Ongoing
southwest and northern borders. HDR’s
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