Oxford firm to build commissary for Army helo base

Carothers Construction of Oxford, Miss., was awarded a $16,930,000 fixed-price Defense Commissary Agency contract Thursday to construct a new commissary building at the Army’s helicopter base at Fort Rucker, Ala. The 520-day contract is expected to begin in November. The Defense Commissary Agency, Enterprise Acquisition Division, Construction Design Branch, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is the contracting agency. Source: Defense Department, Sept. 19, 2013.