Project: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Berthing Facility

Client: Quonset Development Corporation

Architect: Saccocio & Associates

AACC Job No. 200911

Year Completed: 2010

Project Size: 35,000 Sq. Ft.

Location: North Kingstown, RI

Attributes: Government

Description: 

AACC was awarded the contract to construct a ground up 8,700 Sq. Ft. building for NOAA to serve as the home port of their research ship the “Okeanos Explorer”. Located on a manmade peninsula, the project required special dewatering operations to complete the site work and foundations below sea level. The building features offices, conference rooms, storage warehouse, and a technical workshop where robotic submarines are maintained and altered for various underwater uses. The Okeanos docks at piers that were once part of the Quonset Naval Air Station and the original home of the Naval Construction Seabees.