As a facility that delivers world-class diplomatic training and career-long learning opportunities, this 220,000-sq-ft, four-story building provides office suites and classrooms along with a large multipurpose room to accommodate a variety of functions. The $103-million project was completed at budget and on schedule. Building B also features a green roof, energy-efficient HVAC system and locally sourced and recycled materials. The project was built on the secure, occupied and fully operational 71-acre National Foreign Affairs Training Center campus.

Light-gauge metal framing was used instead of cold form structural steel at several locations, including the facade, penthouses, roof knee walls and elevator frames. The contractor implemented an atypical technique of sequencing steel erection area by area as opposed to the traditional story by story, which accelerated the schedule.