Construction on the nation�s first data security center for the National Security Agency officially launched with a groundbreaking Jan. 6 on a 240-acre site at the Utah National Guard�s Camp Williams facility about 35 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.
Sen. Orin Hatch (R-Utah) was joined in hoisting ceremonial shovels by officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Utah National Guard, the National Security Agency and representatives from the joint venture, design-build team of Balfour Beatty, DPR and Salt Lake City-based Big-D Construction (BDB Design-Builders), which was awarded the $1.2-billion contract for the project last summer.