On April 23, 2026 Hensel Phelps joined leaders from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) – Charleston District at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken, South Carolina, to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF) Procurement Warehouse.
Supporting the Future of Pit Production
Hensel Phelps is serving as the general contractor for the $11 million, 22,000 SF project, which is scheduled for completion in March 2027. The ceremony marks an important milestone for NNSA and USACE, representing their first collaboration on a project of this scale at SRS in more than 25 years.
The broader SRPPF project focuses on repurposing an existing Hazard Category-2 structure at the SRS and constructing several additional support facilities to establish a lasting pit production mission. As a part of this effort, Hensel Phelps is constructing the SRPPF warehouse as a non-radiological procurement support facility that provides critical procurement and logistics functions for plutonium processing and the production of plutonium pits at the site. This facility plays a key role in NNSA’s strategic solution to produce at least 80 plutonium pits per year.
Project Stakeholders Celebrate Groundbreaking
Leaders who attended the groundbreaking at the Savannah River Site included:
- Dan Klingshirn, Planning, Programs and Project Management Division Chief, USACE
- Natasha McCants, Capital Project Manager, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
- Lt. Col. Todd Mainwaring, Charleston District Commander, USACE
- Kevin Buchanan, Federal Project Director, NNSA
- Steven Bath, Engineering Division Chief, USACE
- Djuan Franklin, International & Interagency Support Branch Acting Chief, USACE
Courtland Creech, Operations Manager for the SRPPF procurement warehouse project, represented Hensel Phelps at the event.
Building the Future of National Security Infrastructure
The groundbreaking ceremony marked the beginning of a collaborative effort between Hensel Phelps, NNSA and USACE to deliver a facility that will play a vital role in the future of the SRPPF. As construction progresses, the project team remains committed to safety, quality and operational excellence every step of the way.
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