Y--ELIMINATE PHANTOM SILOS, PN AFGS126001, WYOMING, MONTANA AND CALIFORNIA

This is a Fully-Designed Project. The Eliminate Phantom Silo project is a part of the New START Treaty between the United States and Russia. The project will require observation and oversight by Treaty Compliance Officers and National Technical Means 'NTM' teams for the agreed to periods of time to perform observance and recording/verification of non-use status on each designated ICBM Launch Facility 'LF' identified under the project. Project will demand accurate scheduling, reporting and management of the entire removal inventory as identified by Treaty Offices. Project requires 103 ICBM LF to be rendered as non-usable and 9 Missile Alert Facilities 'MAF' to have their infrastructure and limited below grade elements demolished. LF and MAF are located in rural areas throughout Wyoming '50 LF, 4 MAF', Montana '50 LF, 5 MAF' and on Vandenberg AFB, California '3 LF'. Work includes running heavy equipment operations throughout 103 LF and 9 MAF encompassing a grid area of approximately 70 miles east-west by 65 miles north-south in WY, 70 miles east-west by 65 miles north-south in MT and 3 California sites located on Vandenberg AFB. The work at each LF will be phased in two separate phases. The first phase will deal specifically with treaty compliance and LF elimination by means of launch door removal and disposal, filling of ICBM launcher tube with debris, rubble and imported gravel to render as non-usable, and other dismantling and demolition of surrounding launcher silo infrastructure. The second phase will require a concrete cap over the launcher tube with access points to other on-site below grade support structures filled and rendered non-usable. The entire LF site 'each approximately one acre' will be graded to a final specified grade. As part of the second phase, the MAF building structure will remain intact, but the overall site will require infrastructure dismantlement, disposal of support equipment, concrete capping and utilizing fill material to obstruct some below ground access areas. The Contractor will have access to material salvage at the LF and MAF sites. Prior to conducting any operations at the LF and MAF, the Contractor will be required to perform Environmental Baseline Surveys for each LF and MAF, no abatement or removal of recorded materials is required as they are to be abandoned in place. It is estimated that approximately 200,000 CY of various fill material 'i.e., earth, gravel, aggregates, etc.' will be required for import and use throughout the sites to complete the work. Other site work in WY and MT for each LF includes the removal of all topside appurtenances outside of the vehicle pad area, but within the project limits 'i.e., pull boxes, markers, antenna poles and bases'. All surface items are to be removed to existing grade with removal of exterior shafts and vents to a minimum of six-feet below grade and capped with concrete. The contractor will be required to weld the Launcher Equipment Building 'LEB' blast door closed and LEB access shaft filled to obstruct access. All topside man hatch access will be concrete capped. The final grading shall include gravel fill on the back side of the silo to match with existing grade. Each LF will final graded to drain freely and conform to natural surroundings. Site work in California will include filling of launcher tube with debris, rubble, imported earth and gravel. The contractor will complete backfill operations, construct concrete caps, and complete other site demolition items. Existing hard surface 'asphalt and concrete' located on the sites will remain in place. LEB access will be obstructed/removed and/or filled to eliminate any future access. The estimated demolition/construction cost of this project for basic and all options is between $20,000,000 and $30,000,000.