Project Category:

Industrial Facility

 

Client:

NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic

 

Architect:

Government Design

 

Project Delivery:

Design-Bid-Build

 

Contract Amount:

$21.4 Million

 

Completion Date:

Spring 2009

 

Repair Deperming Piers

Lambert's Point, Norfolk, Virginia

 

USS George Bush undergoing deperming
 

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 This project provides extensive repairs to the U.S. Navy’s Deperming Station located in the middle of the Elizabeth River just off Lambert’s Point near Naval Station, Norfolk.

The project entails selective demolition, new pier construction, construction of a new operations building and rectifier and utilities buildings, extensive electrical cabling, and new submarine water and sewer lines.

The Deperming Station is vital to the warfighting readiness of the Navy’s Atlantic Fleet. A sea-going steel-hulled ship or submarine develops a magnetic signature as it travels. The term “deperming” refers to a procedure for erasing

the permanent magnetism from ships and submarines to camouflage them against magnetic detection and enemy marine mines that are magnetically triggered.

Tesoro, teamed with marine construction contractor W.F. Magann and electrical contractor E.G. Middleton, is proud to be able to perform this work for the Navy.

 

Aerial view of

Deperming Station