KITTERY — The U.S. Navy has awarded Stantec Consulting Services $4.9 million for architect and engineering services for the dry dock no. 1 super-flood basin at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
“This design contract will help prepare for later military construction at the shipyard, and we applaud the Navy for continuing to plan for future investments in PNSY, the Maine economy, and our national defense,” said U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King in a joint statement announcing the award.
PNSY has a civilian payroll of $496 million in 2016, paid to 6,329 civilian workers, 3,600 who live in Maine, according to the Seacoast Shipyard Association, which annually issues a report outlining the economic impact of the shipyard. Of those, more than 450 live in Sanford, 225 in Lebanon, 200 in Wells, 175 in Biddeford, and 100 in Saco, with most of the remainder of Maine workers living in smaller York County communities and in other Maine counties.
“This announcement is welcome news for the hardworking men and women of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard,” Collins and King said in the statement.
The economic impact and civilian employment both grew about 3 percent to 3.5 percent from 2015 figures, according to an April report from the Associated Press.
The senators said the competitively-awarded contract will support the design of dry dock no. 1 super-flood basin at PNSY.
All work on the contract will be performed at various Navy and government facilities within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic area of responsibility. The work is expected to be completed by August 2022.
Sen. Collins is a senior member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, and Sen. King is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Stantec Consulting Services is an international professional services company in the design and consulting industry, and has local offices in Topsham, Scarborough, and Caribou. It is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
— Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 324-4444 (local call in Sanford) or 282-1535, ext. 327 or twells@journaltribune.com.
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