Fort Bliss - with land in both Texas and New Mexico - is the largest maneuver area in the continental United States, encompassing approximately 1,177,000 acres - almost the size of Rhode Island. Fort Bliss is home to a large number of maintenance crews and supply units, serves as one of the Army's premier bases for test driving tanks and other equipment, and trains thousands of soldiers every year.

ModSpace and its strategic partners Clark Design/Build, LLC and Hunter Modular construction worked together to complete a major installation of new buildings at Fort Bliss. ModSpace and its partners provided 522 separate units which were joined to form 266 buildings that will be used as barracks, dayrooms, storage and vehicle maintenance facilities.

This is the second government modularity project completed by the ModSpace group in the last two years. In 2004, Clark and ModSpace joined to provide Fort Stewart (in Georgia) with 456 units, forming 195 buildings, used as barracks, company operations, laundry and vehicle maintenance facilities (story & video).

The term "Modularity" is not only a type of construction, it also defines the new and more effective type of fighting force the Army has initiated this year. Consider how individual Army units are brought together at a single site for specialized joint training. Similarly, modularity consists of several building components being identified and built off-site, only to later arrive at their final destination for assembly and use.

Thanks to ModSpace's modular units, the Army base at Fort Bliss will have increased flexibility in meeting its housing and training initiatives as the military units who reside in those structures complete their training and preparation for missions. The quick installation of the new facilities at Fort Bliss has helped the Army get this concept underway, in a timely and realistic fashion, particularly urgent when forces are being deployed to fight the Global War on Terrorism.

The ModSpace project team had an excellent working relationship with both the U.S. Army Corps representatives overseeing construction and the Fort Bliss / Army end-user representatives. Working together, the entire project team overcame design and construction challenges, and were able to leverage past experience - with the Fort Stewart project - to deliver the project both on-time and on-budget.

Each barrack unit includes two living quarters, and within those quarters are three separate rooms, a central kitchen and bathroom. Each room is furnished with new furniture, including a computer desk, television stand, dresser, lamps and a twin-size bed.

In addition to ModSpace, other major sub-contractors to Clark Construction included: Design Partner - LS3P ASSOCIATES; Building Manufacturing - Clayton Manufactured Housing and Indicom Buildings; Set-up - Hunter Modular; and other Modular Suppliers.

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