K&S ASSOCIATES AWARDED $8.1 MILLION DESIGN/BUILD CONTRACT TO BUILD LOGISTICS SUPPORT CENTER AT SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE IN ILLINOIS

St. Louis, Missouri …The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, has awarded an $8.1 million Design/Build contract to K&S Associates, Inc. of St. Louis (www.ksgcstl.com) to construct a new Logistics Support Center (LSC) at Scott Air Force Base near Belleville, Illinois, about 20 miles southeast of St. Louis.

The new, 32,000 square-foot LSC facility at Scott Air Force Base will serve the U.S. Air Force supply chain logistical operations management as an administration center for military supply and transport worldwide.

K&S Associates’ Design/Build unit is partnering with architecture and engineering firm Woolpert, Inc. of Fairview Heights, Illinois on the project, which is scheduled for completion in summer, 2009. Woolpert, Inc. (www.woolpert.com) is an award-winning firm that specializes in government and military facility planning, design, photogrammetry, GIS/IT, Surveying/GPS and related professional services.

Thomas J. Kraska, president of K&S Associates, Inc., said, “Our design/build team is honored to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Scott Air Force Base to construct this important logistics support center, which when complete will help the U.S. Air Force maintain its constant state of readiness.”

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, one of the more diverse districts in the U.S., has both a civil works and military construction mission. The District’s military construction mission supports U.S. Army, Air Force and Department of Defense facilities within 306,000 square miles located in a five-state area. The civil works boundary encompasses nearly 76,000 square miles of the Lower Ohio River Basin.

Scott Air Force Base is home to the 375th Airlift Wing and the Air Mobility Command Showcase Wing, which is engaged globally by providing priority airlift, aero-medical evacuation, combat support and medical expertise. The 375th Airlift Wing is also host to the18th Air Force, Air Mobility Command, U.S. Transportation Command, and their global missions.

Woolpert, Inc., with 24 offices across the U.S., has worked with the Department of Defense on many projects over the past 50 years, including for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Air Force, Army, Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. Woolpert also serves diverse clients in state and local government, education and in the private sector.

K&S Associates, Inc. was founded in 1972. In addition to full-service general contracting, the company manages complete Design/Build projects and provides comprehensive construction management services for building projects in virtually every construction industry sector, including commercial/industrial, healthcare, military support, government, education, recreational and ecclesiastical.

K&S Associates, Inc. headquarters are at 516 Hanley Industrial Court, St. Louis, Missouri 63144-1902.
For more information, please call Paul D. Sharkey, CFM, Director of Pre-Construction Services & Facilities, K&S Associates, Inc., at 314.647.3535 or visit the website www.ksgcstl.com.
Media relations contact for K&S Associates, Inc.: Jeff Dunlap at 314.993.6925.

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