GSA Breaks Ground on $331 Million Census Headquarters in MD

WASHINGTON - PRNewswire - September 16, 2003

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) joined the U.S. Bureau of the Census (Census) in breaking ground today for a new, $331 million headquarters complex for Census at the Suitland Federal Center in Maryland. The new facility will consist of two, interconnected office buildings with 1.5 million square feet of space and two garages with a total of 3100 parking spaces.

The design for the new headquarters, by Skidmore Owings and Merrill, received a GSA Design Excellence Award for 2002. It includes two interconnected, curvilinear buildings enclosing a series of gardens. Construction will occur through a design/build process, with Skanska USA Building Inc. as the contractor. The first phase of construction, consisting of one office building and one garage, is scheduled to be completed in late 2006. When complete, the project will consolidate Census employees now located on the Suitland campus and in nearby leased space into a single headquarters complex. Sphere: Related Content