PRESS RELEASE: GSA awards Construction Manager/Commissioning Agent contract for the Federal Courthouse in Butte, MT

April 17, 2024

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April 17, 2024                                                                                                                                                                            richard.stebbins@gsa.gov

GSA awards Construction Manager/Commissioning Agent contract for the Federal Courthouse in Butte, MT

Funded by the Inflation Reduction Act as part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

BUTTE, Mont. – The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded a $2 million contract for construction management and commissioning services to support the Mike Mansfield Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse seismic retrofit and limited modernization project.  

GSA awarded the contract to Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. to provide services including construction project management, construction inspection, project scheduling, cost estimating, acquisition support, and commissioning and partnering for the upcoming design-build construction project funded through the Inflation Reduction Act [PDF].

The proposed project will include addressing seismic and structural deficiencies, including roof replacement, building system upgrades, and correcting accessibility, circulation and code deficiencies at the historic Mike Mansfield Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse located in Butte, Montana.

GSA’s goals for the Mansfield project include providing a long-lasting and durable facility that meets sustainability and climate-resiliency goals, including reducing energy use by approximately 40%. The project’s restoration of a historic asset and use of low-embodied carbon materials for the seismic retrofit and limited-scope modernization is estimated to reduce the amount of carbon emitted by 99.6% over the next 30 years.

This project is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda in growing the American economy from the bottom up and middle-out – from rebuilding our Nation’s infrastructure, to creating a manufacturing and innovation boom powered by good-paying jobs, to building a clean-energy economy that will combat climate change and make our communities more resilient.

The Inflation Reduction Act includes $3.4 billion for GSA to build, modernize, and maintain more sustainable and cost-efficient high-performance facilities across America. GSA’s Inflation Reduction Act projects will implement new technologies and accelerate the administration’s efforts in achieving a net-zero emissions federal building portfolio by 2045. Through these investments, GSA estimates it could reduce carbon emissions by 2.3 million metric tons in greenhouse gas emissions. The same amount that 500,000 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles produce each year.

Construction is anticipated to begin in late 2025, with substantial completion by the summer of 2027. 

Media Contact: Rich Stebbins, 303-513-1166, richard.stebbins@gsa.gov  

About GSA: 
GSA provides centralized procurement and shared services for the federal government, managing a nationwide real estate portfolio of nearly 370 million rentable square feet, overseeing about $100 billion in products and services via federal contracts, and delivering technology services that serve millions of people across dozens of federal agencies. GSA’s mission is to deliver the best customer experience and value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services to the government and the American people. For more information, visit GSA.gov and follow us at @USGSA.