The US Air Force Installation Contracting Agency has awarded a contract to Fluor to repair the Ascension Island Auxiliary Airfield runway.<\/p>\n
The task order contract is worth about $170m and was awarded to the companys Fluor AMEC II entity under the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program IV (AFCAP IV).<\/p>\n
Fluor said that the cost-plus, fixed-fee task order will run for up to 28 months.<\/p>\n
Fluor Government Group president Tom DAgostino said: We are honoured to be selected to support the airforce and to be a part of its global mission.<\/p>\n
Ascension Auxiliary Airfield is in a strategic location and the runway is the lifeline to the island. Fluor excels at projects like this where it delivers timely and cost-effective solutions in some of the most remote and difficult locations in the world.<\/p>\n
Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island and is located south of the equator in the South Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n
The island is part of the British Overseas Territory of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha under the sovereignty of the British Crown.<\/p>\n
The US Air Force established AFCAP to fulfil the Department of Defenses global mission during contingency events.<\/p>\n
It provides additional capabilities to the airforce and other government agencies to offer support to the logistic requirements of its deployed forces through the use of civilian contractors.<\/p>\n
In July 2015, Fluor and its joint venture partner AMEC Foster Wheeler were awarded a position by the Air Force Installation Contracting Agency on the AFCAP IV for six years.<\/p>\n
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