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Japan Is Paying For New U.S. Military Facilities In Guam And The CNMI. Here’s Why

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Source: Honolulu Civil Beat
Published: November 1, 2020

Hawaii companies are playing a central role in designing and building a new Marine Corps base on Guam and other facilities in the Northern Marianas.

Camp Blaz, officially activated Oct. 1, is the Marines’ first new permanent base since 1952, part of an ambitious restructuring of U.S. forces in the region.

Japan spent $71 million on contracts for architectural planning to ASMD JV Partners, a joint venture that includes Hawaii architecture firms Design Partners Inc., Richard Matsunaga & Associates Architects, SSFM International, and Architects Hawaii Ltd. along with Iowa-based Stanley Consultants and Guam-based EMC2 Consulting Engineers.