June 5, 2023

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – Balfour Beatty, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Baltimore District (USACE) and the National Security Agency (NSA) celebrates the groundbreaking of The Kenny Center during a ceremony on June 5. The ceremony marks the beginning of construction of USACE’s East Campus Building #4 in Fort Meade, Maryland which is named after the late Minnie M. Kenny, former NSA employee, cryptanalyst, educator and equal opportunity activist.

Balfour Beatty was awarded a $698 million fixed-price-award-fee, Dept. of Defense contract to deliver an approximately 854,000-gross-square-foot operational mission building and multi-level, modular parking structure for more than 3,000 parking spaces. The project also features connector bridges to adjacent East Campus buildings, open office areas with large flexible floor plates, food service areas and additional retail spaces and further expansion of the East Campus utility network.

“We are honored to be entrusted to construct The Kenny Center at Fort Meade,” said Dan Novack, Balfour Beatty president in the Mid-Atlantic. “Balfour Beatty, along with our industry partners, look forward to a successful delivery that provides USACE and the NSA with state-of-the-art facilities on the East Campus site further enhancing the critical and vital work of our nation’s defense operations.”

"Over the past year, Balfour Beatty’s design-build team has been working diligently with USACE and the NSA to provide a collaborative model that further assures our ability to achieve operational success,” said Bevan Mace, Balfour Beatty vice president in the Mid-Atlantic. “Our design-build team is honored to continue Minnie Kenny’s legacy and are uniquely positioned to deliver upon our owner’s goals in the design and construction of The Kenny Center.”

Balfour Beatty is working with its design-build team comprised of HDR, JCM Associates, J.E. Richards and exp Federal to deliver The Kenny Center which is scheduled for completion in 2026.