The Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District has a requirement for construction services for the expansion of existing EMF Range facilities on Powder Smoke Ridge at Tobyhanna Army Depot.

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The project entails expansion of existing EMF Range facilities on Powder Smoke Ridge at Tobyhanna Army Depot. The major items of work to be performed are the following:

• Construct embankment from imported, compacted fill, supported in part by a Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) wall, to provide the grades necessary for the new radome pad and other site features. The estimated imported fill quantity is approximately 400,000 cubic yards. Construct the radome foundation and support walls on an elevated concrete pad. The top elevation of the pad shall be 2135 feet above sea level. The concrete pad is a three
  -lobed irregular shape approximately 68,000 SF in area.
• Erect the Radome radar enclosure, approximately 110 feet in diameter, using government supplied materials. Construct two circular concrete expansion pads for the radome pads existing on-site. Construct two operational concrete test pads adjacent to the existing radome access road. Pad sizes are approximately 68,000 SF and 13,000 SF in area.
• Construct a 20 foot x 30 foot range (approximate size) control building adjacent to the new radome area. The building will contain workstations, storage for hard drives and removable media related to the radar units which will be stored while not in use, and a restroom. The building will be designed to allow for the storage of classified material. Construct an approximate 4,480 SF addition to Building 54.
• Construct a paved access road to connect the new radome pad with the existing radome access road. Construct a gravel improved, temporary access road along the fire break adjacent to Powder Smoke Ridge to facilitate truck access to the site for the delivery of fill materials needed to raise the radome to the required elevation, and other equipment and material access. Demolition of a metal test stand behind Building 54.
• Weather Station: Construct a weather station on Powder Smoke Ridge to provide weather calibration data to radar units on the ridge.
• Utility Work (includes but is not limited to): Connect the radome and range control building to the existing electrical and communications infrastructure on Powder Smoke Ridge. Construct a potable water line from Building 54 to provide water to the range control building. Construct sanitary holding tanks at the range control building and the Building 54 addition. Incidental work includes, but is not limited to, clearing/tree cutting, new and connections to existing utilities, site and building lighting misc. paving, pavement striping, sidewalks, building gutters, storm drainage facilities, soil and sediment erosion control features, topsoil and seeding, guide rail, fence replacement and miscellaneous site demolition.