Fountain City Service Base, Fountain City, Wisconsin.
Purpose
The Fountain City Service Base (FCSB) Building 9 Replacement Project is a two-phase project to improve the functionality and workshop area of the service base. The replacement building will provide warehouse space for equipment maintenance, restrooms, and a break room. There will be conditioned and nonconditioned spaces for year-round functionality.
Location
The project is located at the FCSB of the Upper Mississippi River, in Fountain City, Wisconsin.
Description
The FCSB sustainment and modernization project completed July 2023 included significant regrading and a new storm drainage network. As a result of the regrading, the existing Building 9 had to be demolished.
Building 9 will be rebuilt to increase the operational maintenance and storage capability of the FCSB. The new building will include both air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned storage spaces. It will also include restrooms and a break room.
Status
The project is pursuing an Architect/Engineer (A/E) contractor to complete the design for the building through the Task Order Requirement Notice process. The task order for this contract is expected to be issued in November 2025. The A/E will facilitate all of the design work, taking into account input from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stakeholders through design charettes. The design is expected to be complete and construction contract ready-to-advertise by the middle of fiscal year 2027.
Authority
Congress authorized the Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Navigation Project as part of the River and Harbor Act, approved July 3, 1930.
Funding
The design and construction of this work will be completed with 100% federal funds.
Estimated costs:
Engineering and design $400,000
Construction $9,000,000