http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=66358
Stars and Stripes November 29, 2009 Construction booming at Vicenza By Kent Harris -Crews are working on multiple floors of three of the largest buildings — a barracks, the brigade headquarters and a multipurpose building. About 30 other structures will be built as part of the project that’s worth about $375 million. When the facilities are completed, thousands of troops currently based in Schweinfurt and Bamberg, Germany, will make the move to Vicenza. VICENZA, Italy: By the time soldiers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team return from a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan, there will be several significant additions to their home base. Two new schools, a child development center and a consolidated medical clinic are all on schedule to open by next fall, according to base officials. There will also be new places to work out in the fitness center and a revamped base pool to swim in. More than $465 million has been invested in about a half-dozen projects that are under way or recently completed. The largest of them — barracks, offices and support buildings for “Sky Soldiers” at the Dal Molin airfield — is set to take the longest to complete. Troops will probably deploy again before the facilities are ready in fall 2012. “Work is progressing rapidly,” said Kambiz Razzaghi, director of the Transformation Construction Management Office, which is overseeing most of the construction in Vicenza. Crews are working on multiple floors of three of the largest buildings — a barracks, the brigade headquarters and a multipurpose building. About 30 other structures will be built as part of the project that’s worth about $375 million. When the facilities are completed, thousands of troops currently based in Schweinfurt and Bamberg, Germany, will make the move to Vicenza. .... =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ==============================
