NASA News National Aeronautics and Space Administration John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899 AC 321-867-2468 ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________ For Release: Feb. 24, 2003 KSC Contact: Tracy Young (321) 867-2468 KSC Release No. 20 - 03 Notice to Editors: GROUNDBREAKING FOR KSC's SECOND OPERATIONS SUPPORT BUILDING SET FOR FEB. 25 On Feb. 25 at 9:30 a.m., KSC Director Roy Bridges, members of KSC management and local industry officials will break ground to kick off the new Operations Support Building (OSB) II construction project. The OSB II is an agency safety and health initiative project to replace modular housing and trailers in the Launch Complex 39 area at KSC. The new facility will be five-story, 189,000-square-foot building and consist of approximately 860 office spaces, training rooms, computer rooms, multimedia conference rooms, technical libraries, and a 352-person mission conference center with observation deck. Architect and Engineers Wolfberg, Alvarez and Partners, Coral Gables, Fla., designed the facility. David Boland, Inc., a small business HUBZone firm in Titusville, Fla, will perform construction (reference KSC release 3-03). Facility completion is scheduled for March 2005. Media wishing to attend the groundbreaking ceremony should apply for accreditation on affiliation letterhead and fax to 321/867-2692. Information required for accreditation include full name, social security number, and date of birth. Badging and access will be via Gate 3 on State Road 405 east of U.S. 1 south of Titusville, departure for the Press Site will be at 9 a.m. -- end -- ------------------------------------------------------------- For automatic email subscriptions to this KSC originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to mailto:ksc-news_release-subscribe@kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov. With no subject or message. The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an email addressed to mailto:ksc-news_release-unsubscribe@kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov . With no subject or message. or you can (un)subscribe on the World Wide Web at: http://kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov/ Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm .
