page_title: Pentagon Renovation Program
section_title: Phoenix Project
hierarchical_section_title: Pentagon Renovation Program / Projects / Phoenix Project
context_page_description: The Pentagon Renovation Program or PENREN was a long-term project by the United States Department of Defense to perform a complete slab-to-slab renovation of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The program began in the 1990s, and was completed in June 2011.
  The full-scale renovation became necessary because by the mid-1990s, the Pentagon had never undergone a major renovation, and building systems had deteriorated beyond repair, requiring complete replacement. Asbestos throughout the building made almost any building work complex and disruptive.
  The Defense Authorization Act of 1991 transferred control of the Pentagon Reservation from the General Services Administration to the Department of Defense, and established the Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund, designed to fund Pentagon renovations. This move enabled the Secretary of Defense to determine rent rates for Pentagon tenants to help fund the renovation.
context_section_description: The Phoenix Project was the name given to the project to repair the damage to the Pentagon caused when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building during the September 11, 2001 attacks.  The project's goal was to reoccupy the outermost ring of the rebuilt section by September 11, 2002.  This goal was bettered by nearly a month, with tenants moving back in on August 15, 2002.
  The project entailed the complete demolition and reconstruction of the C, D, and E Rings in the area of the boundary between the recently renovated Wedge 1 and the unrenovated Wedge 2.  Wedge 1 space would be fully rebuilt, while only the building shell would be rebuilt for Wedge 2.  A full build-out for the Wedge 2 space would be completed at a later time.
  The phrase "Let's roll", as spoken by Todd Beamer on United Airlines Flight 93, was adopted as the project's slogan, and displayed prominently on the building's exterior during the reconstruction work.  A clock counting down the time until 9:37 AM on September 11, 2002 was located on site as well.
caption: Construction work to repair the damaged portion of the Pentagon as part of the Phoenix Project.
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