Arts and Industries Building – Washington, D.C. ($5.2 million)

• masonry repointing of failed joints to stop the ingress of water
• hazardous material removal and selective demolition

National Zoological Park ($10.1 million)

• fire protection projects at Rock Creek campus (Washington, D.C.) and Conservation Research Center (Front Royal, Virginia)
• replace roofs at Rock Creek campus and Conservation Research Center
• replace deteriorated animal-holding facilities at Conservation Research Center
• repair bridges at Rock Creek campus

Other Smithsonian Projects ($9.7 million)

• install high-voltage electrical safety improvements at multiple locations on the National Mall (Washington, D.C.)
• install sewage backflow preventers on potable water lines at multiple locations off the National Mall; biggest project is at Museum Support Center (Suitland, Maryland)
• install emergency generators at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (Edgewater, Maryland)
• refurbish or replace elevators and escalators at the National Air and Space Museum and National Museum of American History (Washington, D.C.)
• temporary/contract support – approximately 4 personnel

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