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$117,001,937

Department of the Interior·U.S. Geological Survey

to HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO

environmentactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-09-01·LATEST ACTION2026-03-26·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_140G0322C0005_1434_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

CONSTRUCTION OF USGS FACILITIES ON BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Construction of U.S. Geological Survey research facilities on Hawaii's Big Island, with latest obligation in March 2026.

Sub-sectors
usgs-facilitiesscientific-infrastructurehawaii-operations
Why this matters

USGS facilities support volcano monitoring, earthquake research, and climate science critical to Pacific hazard assessment and resource management.

Supply-chain signal

Ongoing construction contract signals sustained demand for heavy construction labor, materials, and project management in remote island logistics.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-26. Cost: $0.002732.

Period of performance
Start
2022-09-01
End
2026-12-31
Status
activein 171 days
Sources

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