NAVFAC Pacific: Construction continues on Dry Dock 5 project

NAVFAC Pacific said that the construction works are moving ahead on the Navy’s largest military project at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF – Dry Dock 5 (P-209), led by Officer in Charge of Construction Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (OICC PHNSY).

Recent progress includes:

• installation of the dewatering struts,

• completion of precast pile driving at the East Substation,

• ongoing land reclamation activities,

• the start of pump well tension pile installation on June 4,

• the beginning of North Cofferdam pile installation on June 25,

• continued construction of the fire water pump house, and

• installation of 893 of 1,305 crane rail piles as of June 25.

The project also reached a major milestone on June 7 with its largest concrete placement to date – approximately 1,900 cubic yards of underwater tremie concrete for the South Headwall.