# About Next NGA West

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Next NGA West is a large-scale construction project that will build a new facility for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in St. Louis, Missouri.

This $1.7B project is managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and executed by McCarthy HITT Joint Venture, with oversight by NGA and the U.S. Air Force. The 97-acre project site is located in the historic St. Louis Place neighborhood at the intersection of Jefferson and Cass avenues.

When complete, the campus will include a 700,000-square-foot office building, two parking garages, a visitor center, a delivery inspection facility and secure entrance/exit points. The staff of 3,150 will move from their current Soulard, St. Louis, location to the Next NGA West in 2026.

## Vision
Next NGA West will deliver a modern, flexible and collaborative facility in support of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s evolving geospatial intelligence mission, offering open and innovative partnering spaces, advanced technology solutions, and a sustainable environment that serves the Agency’s mission and employees for the next 100 years.
Objectives- Encourage Partnerships & Collaboration
- Provide for a Mobile and Connected Work Environment
- Balance Required Security with NGA's Open Environment
- Enhance Workplace Satisfaction
- Consider Long-term Operations
- Integrate NGA into the Northside Neighborhood
Building Features
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Employee-focused amenities
Next NGA West (N2W) will have a modern cafeteria, fitness center, meeting spaces, quiet areas and garage parking with capacity to hold 90 percent of the workforce's vehicles.

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Energy efficient, healthy & sustainable building and surroundings
A LEED Silver ** certification building using healthy materials and liquids, surrounded by a green campus of trees and grassy areas mixed with sustainable local prairie fields and walking paths.

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Innovation and Learning spaces
N2W will have a learning center with spaces to provide educational forums and academic events with area students. An innovation center will serve as a collaboration lab with a flexible environment for emerging technology, such as application development with nontraditional partners.

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Partnering and technology solutions
Our vision for Next NGA West: An "open" facility that promotes collaborative partnerships with a mix of integrative workspaces. N2W has modified portions of its existing campus to grow collaboration with current and new mission partners, and to test and demonstrate new solutions in an unclassified space.

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Technology for modern GEOINT
GEOINT commercial technology is experiencing faster growth in private industry than in the government sector. Partnering with industry and academia is key to NGA’s future mission success.

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Project Timeline2014201520162017201820192020 – 20262014
Environmental Impact Statement begins assessments on potential sites for the new campus.
2015
Efforts begin to prepare requirements for the new facility.
2016
NGA selects St. Louis City as the home of our future NGA facility. St. Louis Development Corporation begins site preparation.
2017
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases a qualifications request for the primary construction contract. Site preparation continues.
2018
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers selects three companies to submit design proposals. In December, the Next NGA West site is transferred from St. Louis Development Corporation to the U.S. Air Force (land owners).
2019
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awards the design-build construction contract to McCarthy HITT. In November, a groundbreaking ceremony marks the beginning of construction on N2W.
2020 – 2026
Major construction begins in 2020. Final move-in is expected by 2026.