Government

Residence Hall P855 – Gulfport

Project P855, Expeditionary Combat Skills Student Berthing, is a new three-story bachelor enlisted quarters (BEQ) at the Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) in Gulfport, Mississippi, designed for Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast. The residence hall holds 83 Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) modules for 166 residents, including four modules built to Architectural Barriers Act accessibility standards. Each module is shared by two residents and includes a semi-private sleeping and living area, two walk-in closets, a private toilet room, a private shower room, and a shared service area with a vanity and space for a microwave and refrigerator. The building was procured as design-build under a NAVFAC Southeast indefinite-delivery contract, with design completed in March 2020 and the building finished in 2022.

The Jenkins Group served as lead design professional, design manager, and designer of record on the design-build team. The firm designed the exterior envelope, interior spaces, and interior finishes, prepared furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E) packages, and provided civil and landscape design. It also reviewed submittals, issued design clarifications, and made site visits during construction. The building is a steel frame with concrete on metal deck floors, with face brick veneer on CMU backup, decorative brick accents, and a standing seam metal hipped roof on cold-formed metal trusses. A one-story aluminum and glass vestibule marks the entry. Loose, organic soils on the site called for a pile-supported foundation. The team's aim was an economical, durable building, and it held peer reviews at project milestones so construction subcontractors could contribute during design.