ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Military construction activity continues to decline across Alaska, but work with other federal agencies should keep government contractors busy.
Overall, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to have $410 million worth of work available on more than 400 projects in the state during the federal fiscal year 2015, which runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, according to Alaska Contracting Division Chief Chris Tew. That is about flat compared to the $416 million spent in fiscal year 2014.
Tew said the decline in Defense Department work has been offset by work other federal agencies do not have the capacity to do on there own, such as the Federal Aviation Administration, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
While much of the decline can be attributed to an overall directive to trim Defense Department spending, some of it is also a result of simply less needs at Alaska bases.
“We sort of worked ourselves out of a lot of mission,” Tew said.
After an explosion of military investment that started in the early 2000s, the annual dollar figures are returning to the historical workload, Tew said.
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