Expedient Housing
2004
In the fall of 2004, BASE teamed with the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers' prime contractors to construct FEMA Expedient
Housing Sites in Pensacola, Fort Pierce, Stuart and Arcadia,
Florida. We provided construction crews and materials and
managed installation of nearly 600 travel trailers at these
locations.
Saufley Field in Pensacola was the first site to be commissioned
following Hurricane Ivan. BASE, working with FEMA, USACE and
Prime Contractor, Phillips & Jordan, installed 200 travel
trailers and had them ready for occupancy within 58 hours
of our notice to proceed, enabling 200 military dependent
families to move out of shelters and into trailers a full
two days ahead of the schedule mandated in our task order.
BASE teamed with LJC to provide materials, labor, logistics,
and maintenance expertise to manage two sites in the Fort
Pierce area, one at Stuart, Florida and one at Arcadia, Florida.
In total, BASE set up 330 units over these sites and provided
installation materials for an additional 70 units.
BASE also secured emergency propane gas re-fueling service
for 100 individual units placed at Fort Pierce Housing Authority
residences.
All told, BASE coordinated the installation of five expedient
housing travel trailer sites for FEMA and the USACE in Florida.
From Pensacola which was ravaged by Hurricane Ivan, to Fort
Pierce and Stuart which suffered two almost direct hits from
Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne, to Arcadia which was pounded
by Hurricane Charley, BASE provided high quality services
that met and/or exceeded the tasks assigned by FEMA and the
USACE.
2005
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, FEMA once again sought
to provide temporary housing for people whose dwellings were
either severely damaged or destroyed by winds and flooding.
BASE working as a sub-contractor to KETA Group and later
to B&I Services, provided preventative maintenance and
repair services for more than 8,200 travel trailers located
in the metropolitan New Orleans area from late 2005 through
2007.
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