Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea – A brand new household housing advanced opened right here, Could 13, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The three towers, containing three-, four-, and five-bedroom family-housing items, are designed for service members with households who’re stationed on the set up.
“To the households shifting in right here at present, it’s an honor that I get to personally welcome you and your loved ones into your new house,” stated Col. Seth Graves, the U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys commander, throughout his remarks on the ceremony. “As a result of it’s your house, it’s to be loved and a spot to construct fond recollections whilst you’re stationed right here at Camp Humphreys.”
Sgt. Daniel Banda, assigned to the thirty fifth Air Protection Artillery Brigade, and his household had been residing within the Humphreys Lodge since leaving Fort Bliss, Texas, in mid-April. At present, they had been one in all three households to maneuver into their new house on opening day.
“That is superb. We don’t must stay out of our luggage anymore,” stated Banda, following the ceremony, as he and his household toured their new house. Although Banda, as a Soldier, has moved properties earlier than, he has by no means been welcomed into a brand new house with a ribbon reducing ceremony, an Army band and fanfare.
“We now have an obligation to offer wonderful housing for our service members and their households,” stated Don Bizek, amenities housing supervisor right here. “We wish folks to decide on to stay on publish, and these towers are in the course of every part: the hospital, the gymnasium, the commissary, the Alternate. It’s handy.”
Bizek stated the scale of the brand new properties replicate altering household buildings. Whereas previously the navy designed its household items round two and three-bedroom properties, the Army at present supplies extra four- and five-bedroom properties. Camp Humphreys solely has a couple of two-bedroom household items, stated Bizek.
The three family-housing towers, which will likely be referred to as named Britton, Espinoza, and Thompson towers, had been contracted to Daewoo Engineering & Building Co., Ltd., in June 2017, by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District. The overall mission value was $135 million.
“These towers are particular to us for a lot of causes. They had been designed in-house by our design workforce,” stated Lt. Col. Michael Pope, deputy district commander for the Corps. “Designing a mission and seeing it come to life is a serious milestone for an engineering workforce and we couldn’t be prouder of this state-of-the-art facility.”
The brand new towers present 72 housing items every, for a complete of 216 new properties. To accommodate households whose members have disabilities, 5 % of the brand new items are fully ADA accessible or adaptable. New to those towers are climate-control capabilities in every room, tankless water heaters, and closed-circuit tv, for added safety.
Along with extra housing house, three playgrounds have additionally been created, surrounding the towers. Two of the playgrounds are devoted to these kids who’re between the ages of two and 5, and are gated to guard the kids. Complimenting the playgrounds are pavilions, grills, picnic tables and a basketball court docket. As a bonus, the towers are environmentally accountable and designed to be vitality environment friendly, attaining a Management in Vitality and Environmental Design (LEED) silver ranking.
Subsequent to the brand new towers are three further housing towers which can be at the moment underneath development. They’re anticipated to be accomplished in 2023.