Project Underway to Re-Roof 110 Homes at Maryland-based U.S. Army
Installation
FORT MEADE, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corvias
is working to improve housing at Fort Meade with significant measures
underway including a new program to re-roof 110 historic homes located
in the on-base Heritage Park neighborhood. Corvias is a partner to the
U.S. military for the construction and management of on-base housing,
and for providing service and amenities for residents.
“Historic homes in particular pose a great challenge for preserving and
maintaining, and with this investment into the housing at Fort Meade, we
are able to significantly improve the integrity of these 110 houses,”
said John G. Picerne, Founder at Corvias. “This re-roofing project is
one of many programs we are undertaking to improve military housing. We
have added service technicians and resident service specialists,
retrained our employees to provide excellent customer service and are
providing multiple ways for residents to engage with our team, socially
and to meet their specific service needs.”
Corvias is working with affected residents to schedule in the most
preferred manner, with work expected to be completed this fall.
Under Corvias’ public private partnership with the Army a dedicated
reserve account for deferred maintenance and capital improvements is
used over the course of the partnership to upgrade and maintain homes.
Corvias’ activity at Fort Meade includes management of 2,628 homes, with
sixty percent of homes at Fort Meade older than 50 years or more.
“We have work to do, but we’re seeing progress,” added Picerne. “At Fort
Meade during the last month, 95.9% of 630 total emergency work orders
were completed within 24 hours, and 88.3% of the 2,569 routine work
orders were completed within the benchmark of 10 days, and our resident
satisfaction data reflects 3.99 out of 5.”
The Corvias-U.S. Army partnership at Fort Meade supports an average of
6,715 direct annual jobs, generating $5.7 billion in output and
approximately $1.2 billion in wages during the lifetime of operations.
These activities will also generate approximately $347 million in total
tax revenues for the state of Maryland.
Enacted by Congress in 1996, the Military Housing Privatization
Initiative (MHPI) leverages private-sector capital, as well as housing
industry expertise in construction and management, to reverse the
military’s housing deficiency by expanding and modernizing housing, with
predictable, stable long-term operating costs and performance. Corvias
partnerships have built more than 9,500 new homes and renovated more
than 16,400 homes across 13 military installations.
About Corvias
As a privately-owned company headquartered in
East Greenwich, RI, Corvias partners with higher education and
government institutions nationwide to solve their most essential
systemic problems and create long-term, sustainable value through our
unique approach to partnership. Corvias pursues the kinds of
partnerships that materially and sustainably improve the quality of life
for the people who call our communities home, purposefully choosing to
partner with organizations who share our values and whose mission is to
serve as the foundational blocks, or pillars, of our nation. To learn
more, please visit: www.corvias.com.
Contacts
Kelly Douglas, Corvias
813-513-9650
[email protected]
