Temple company awarded contracts for $20 million Fort Hood project

By: CODY WEEMS/TELEGRAM STAFF

A Temple construction company was awarded contracts worth about $20 million to build two warehouses at Fort Hood.

Emerson Construction Co., located at 4502 Twin City Blvd., was tapped to build two “new standard design supply storage activity warehouses,” according a contract notice posted on the U.S. Department of Defense website.

“It’s two separate contracts we were awarded for an activity storage warehouse,” said Ashton Teague, project manager for Emerson Construction. “It consists of about 20,000-30,000-square-foot warehouse building with some office space in there, too.”

Robert Medlock, project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said these storage facilities are the first of four planned buildings.

“These will be supply support warehouses. It’s the standard design that we do for the military all over,” Medlock said. “These two facilities are part of a package. The entire package is four buildings, and these first two will be awarded.”

Funding for future buildings will be allocated at a later date.

Teague said the contracts will have a significant economic impact for several local businesses.

“We definitely strive to keep things local as much as possible. Emerson is a local contractor to the Temple-Belton area and we have been since the late 1970s,” Teague said. “It gives opportunities to our subcontractors. A lot of those are local businesses and contractors, so that in turn keeps the money here and helps support those families as well.”

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