LOCATION
Cape Newenham, Alaska

CLIENT
Department of the Air Force

PARTICIPANTS
Abhe & Svoboda, Inc.

SCOPE OF WORK
Concrete Repair
Steel Repair
Repair Siding

VALUE
$846,400

SCHEDULE
1997

Cape Newenham is located in western Alaska on a remote section of the Bering Sea coastline. In the early 1950's the U.S. Air Force built a Long Range Radar facility at the site, which was one of the original air traffic control and warning sites of the Alaskan air defense system. In 1986, the U.S Air Force installed a Minimally Attended Radar System (MARS) tower on a mountain top overlooking Cape Newenham.

Over time, the harsh Bering Sea weather and exposure to the elements took it's toll on the radar facility and repairs were required. In the summer of 1997, Abhe & Svoboda, Inc. rehabilitated the MARS tower.  The repair work included; refurbishing the support structure, concrete repair, structural steel modification, and installing new exterior walls/metal siding. The work was conducted at a very remote site with limited facilities. All materials were flown in or barged in.

The repairs helped ensure the safeguard of the $17 million surveillance radar housed in the MARS tower well into the next century.