The 111,500-sq-ft U.S. Coast Guard Houston-Galveston Sector Building was completed in October 2013 at Ellington Field. Planning for the project began after Hurricane Ike caused significant damage to the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Field Office in Galveston in 2008. The contractor-led design-build project created office and training spaces, command centers, a data center, medical and dental facilities and support spaces.
The facility, expected to earn LEED Silver certification, meets the requirements of Anti-Terrorism Force Protection, U.S. Dept. of Defense design standards to resist progressive collapse and can withstand a Category 3 hurricane.