LS3P led the design team for the conversion of an existing barracks structure to administrative space to accommodate secure space requirements for the US Cyber Command/2nd Army.

The 40,700-square-foot, one-story hammerhead portion of the building contains unsecure spaces and various command support spaces and administrative functions and a new control entry to the building as well as mechanical spaces to support the entire building. The partial basement houses mechanical, electrical and other engineering spaces. The three-story converted billeting floors are secured spaces designed to ASTM E90 and ICD/ICS 705 with STC 50 to meet Secure Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) requirements.

Building 8607 is a three-story, concrete frame with concrete pan joists building with CMU exterior walls constructed in 1955. The building has a “T” shaped footprint with the “cross” being a single story over basement component and the “leg” of the “T” a three-story component over a partial basement.

To convert this structure from barracks use to administrative space the entire interior construction and entire exterior facade was demolished. The work included new steel frame reinforcing, building envelope, interior construction and new mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire protection and telecom systems throughout. The building was stripped down to its structural frame retaining only concrete columns and slabs. A new steel structural frame supports the new exterior skin and provides structural reinforcement to the existing slabs. The three-story section of the structure provides secure administrative space. Partitions, HVAC and communication systems were designed in accordance with SCIF criteria.