Construction management complete on new Wallops rocket facility
February 4, 2011
WALLOPS ISLAND, VIRGINIA - BRPH, an international architectural, engineering design and construction services firm, is pleased to join NASA and the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, in conjunction with Orbital Sciences Corporation, in unveiling a new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility.
BRPH provided construction management services for the Horizontal Integration Facility which will support medium class mission capabilities. Features of the new facility include a pre-engineered metal building structure with deep foundations, overhead cranes, and support areas. In addition, the project also includes a multi-million dollar launch pad complex with fuel farm, cryogenic liquid propellants and high pressure gasses, heavy hydraulics, and controls for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Flight Facility.
The first customer to use the launch facility will be Orbital Sciences Corporation. Orbital will be conducting missions with its new Taurus II launch vehicle for NASA under the agency's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services project and Commercial Resupply Services program.
With extensive expertise in the aerospace market, BRPH has provided similar services at notable launch facilities across the country including Kodiak Launch Complex (AK), Vandenberg Air Force Base (CA), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (FL), Kennedy Space Center (FL) and other locations around the globe.
ABOUT BRPH - BRPH is an international architecture, engineering design and construction services firm providing comprehensive and fully integrated services to a multitude of clients. For nearly 45 years, the company has serviced customers in the education, aerospace, aviation, government, industrial, general commercial and religious markets. BRPH is headquartered in Melbourne, Florida with regional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Charleston, South Carolina; Orlando, Florida; Washington D.C. and West Palm Beach, Florida. BRPH is listed among the 500 largest design firms in the U.S. by Engineering News-Record (ENR), and in 2010, was recognized by Architect Magazine as the 31st best architecture firm in the nation. For more information, visit our Web site at www.brph.com.
