Charleston company will expand veterans cemetery
A Charleston construction company has been awarded a $10.2 million contract to develop the next phase of the Fort Jackson National Cemetery in Columbia, which opens for burials in January.
The award was announced today by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The contract went to LW Construction of Charleston, LLC, described as a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business.
The contract provides for the manufacture, delivery and in-ground installation of 4,224 concrete vaults, as well as construction of a 2,000-niche columbarium, an administration and public information building, a maintenance complex, two committal service shelters, a public assembly area, utilities and irrigation systems.
The project will also incorporate roads, signs, landscaping and systems for water distribution.
"We are pleased to continue to develop this national shrine," said Steve L. Muro, the VA's acting under secretary for memorial affairs.
This 74-acre development, along with a previously constructed early-burial area with temporary facilities, is expected to provide an estimated 10 years of burial services. The project is scheduled for completion in late 2010 or early 2011.
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