The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced Monday that contractors have broken ground on what will be a new 22,000-square-foot office center at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
NNSA and construction contractor Hensel Phelps broke ground Nov. 4 on the Savannah River Office Complex located in the Site’s H Area, NNSA said. The new building will replace a bunch of old modular office trailers, according to the NNSA news release.
The new complex will house staff for the Savannah River Tritium Enterprise, DOE’s Environmental Management operations, and other workers. The project is expected to be built in 2027 and enter operation in early 2028, according to an SRS spokesperson.
Specific project costs have not been publicly disclosed and fall below “the minor construction threshold for indirect projects,” according to the SRS spokesperson. The minor construction threshold in effect as of February 2024, is $34 million, according to a DOE document.
The new office complex will employ a new standard design, DOE’s Fluor-led operations contractor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) said in the release.
The new office complex construction gets underway as SRS expects to incrase its workforce to address its expanding nuclear security mission, according to the press release.
“Restarting production is not simply a matter of turning systems back on,” said SRNS President and CEO Jeff Griffin in the release,. “It requires rebuilding capabilities, replacing aging infrastructure and constructing new facilities that support today’s operational demands on a fast-paced timeline.”
