Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant: Best Project Govt/Public Building
In 1985, Congress created the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization to destroy the remaining 10% of the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile. To date, chemical weapons have been eliminated at six of the eight original storage sites.
The Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant is destroying mustard agent. However, munitions experts determined that roughly 97,000 mortar rounds couldn’t be handled by the existing automated plant in time to meet the Dec. 31, 2023, deadline. Because of these concerns, three static detonation chambers (SDCs) were commissioned to be built by Dynasafe, with Komada and Industrial Constructors/Managers Inc. hired to create the structures to support and house them. The SDCs were chosen for their ability to use thermal heat to detonate or deflagrate chemical weapons and because they are equipped with extensive controls and scrubbers to prevent environmentally hazardous chemicals from escaping.