The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a nearly $69 million contract to design and build new hangars and “associated facilities” at Air Station Barbers Point.

According to a news release from the Coast Guard, the contract includes the construction of “two fully enclosed hangars to provide weather-protected facilities for repairing, servicing, and sheltering HC-130J aircraft assigned to the air station. Additional facilities will include an aviation materials office, aircraft maintenance shops, office space for air station personnel, a locker room, and load cages near the hangars.”

The award went to Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., which is headquartered in Maryland and considered one of the largest employee-owned construction and general contracting companies in the country.

According to data

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