Chemical Defense Training Facility Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Government Contract amount: $7,100,000 Start date: November 1995 Completion date: June 1997 Received the 1999 ABC National Award of Excellence in Construction The United States Army Chemical School, located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, is one of the most advanced and sophisticated military training centers in the world. The Missouri facility trains all branches of the United States armed services and its allies for detection and decontamination of chemicals associated with chemical warfare.Government work on an Army Base is nothing new for us. However, the Chemical Defense Training Facility (CDTF) at Fort Leonard Wood is a one-of-a-kind project for any contractor.From the front, the 72,600 square-foot complex resembles a flying saucer – except that it has a two-foot thick concrete floor and 14-inch thick concrete walls. The Army’s $28 million chemical defense training facility contains classrooms, training and administrative areas, support facilities, controlled interior decontamination areas, a medical clinic and a laboratory.The CDTF was a challenging project. We self-performed 80% of the $7,100,000 contract, which included all HVAC, plumbing, controls, test and balance, commissioning, and a highly advanced system for the removal and filtering of chemical agents used in training. Design of facilities at Fort Leonard Wood began in November 1995 and groundbreaking took place two years later in June 1997. The CDTF officially opened in October 1999.Ivey Mechanical completed the CDTF project in 18 months, working a total of 47,448 man-hours and without having any recordable, restricted day, or lost-time accidents.