Suffolk Construction to Build Submarine Sensor Research Facility

Suffolk Construction Company, Boston, Massachusetts, is being awarded a more than $20 million firm-fixed-price contract for construction of an electromagnetic sensor facility at Naval Station Newport. The new facility will support Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport operations related to submarine sensor research, development, testing, and repair. The facility will include submarine sensor research and development laboratories, warehouse and administration spaces, specialized spaces for in-service repair and testing of various submarine sensors, and a five-story periscope tower. Work will be performed in Newport, Rhode Island, and is expected to be completed by August 2013. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic Northeast Integrated Product Team, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.