Service Awards Contract for Design and Engineering Services for New Administrative Headquarters and Visitor Contact Station at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex

SACRAMENTO--The Pacific Southwest Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced the award of a contract to design a new administrative headquarters, visitor contact station (VCS) and service facility for the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex (NWRC) in San Diego, California. Line and Space, LLC of Tucson, Arizona, was awarded the contract to plan and design the $6 million construction project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The value of the design and engineering contract is $820,255.

The new facility will be located on the Sweetwater Marsh Unit of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), adjacent to the Chula Vista Nature Center in Chula Vista, California. The buildings will be approximately 7,500 square feet and consolidate Refuge administration, resource management, and maintenance operations, functions that are currently spread out among the Complex