Vanderberg Space Force Base GBSD

Special Inspection, Quality Management, Materials Testing, QC/QA Inspection

Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) Contractor Support Areas (CSA) for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Program - $75M (approx.) Renovation of three (3) existing building facilities on VSFB to support the administrative and launch operations of Northrop Grumman’s GBSD program. Renovations included but not limited to helical piles, modular cubes installation, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and HVAC, elevator installation, fireproofing and seismic retrofit of the existing building and its ancillary support. Special inspections included inspections and testing of concrete, soils, epoxy anchors, reinforcement, CMU, hot mix asphalt, welding of structural steel in accordance with IBC Chapter 17. Quality Control Manager consisted of working in conjunction with the owner representative and with the field staff to ensure quality and timeliness of project construction and completion and manage the three phase of control (preparatory, Initial and final) for all defining feature of work.Quality Assurance consisted of Inspections of all work activities and defining feature of work that consisted of above and beyond special inspections IBC Chapter 17 requirements. Additional QA duties consisted of performing internal audits and visiting source facitities for off-site fabrication inspections.