Special Mission Wing Facilities at Kandahar Airfield: Construction Generally Met Contract Requirements, but Problems with Noncompliance, Maintenance, and Quality Assurance Need to be Addressed
Abstract
On December 13, 2012, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a $26.3 million firm-fixed-price contract to Environmental Chemical Corporation (ECC), a U.S. company, to construct facilities and infrastructure for the Special Mission Wing's (SMW) 3rd Air Squadron at Kandahar Airfield. The SMW, headquartered in Kabul, Afghanistan, established the 3rd Air Squadron in 2014. The project included the design, materials, labor, and equipment to construct the facilities, which included a command headquarters building, an administration building, a vehicle maintenance building, and multiple barracks buildings. On January 17, 2013, USACE modified the contract to decrease the scope of work, which caused the contract's price to decrease by $2.5 million to $23.8 million. On September 30, 2014, USACE transferred the SMW 3rd Air Squadron facilities to the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTCA). In October 2015, the Afghan government reorganized the SMW, and the 2nd Air Squadron now occupies the Kandahar facilities. The objectives of this inspection were to determine whether (1) construction was completed in accordance with contract requirements and applicable construction standards, and (2) the facilities are being used and maintained.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1139963
Entities
People
- John Sopko
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction