Doc ID: 6624004 UNCLASSIFIEIHWW New NSA Supercomputer Building Point Paper 25 Jan 2006 its search for a building site for a new high-tech center it seems appropriate for NSA of?cials to consider Utah?s Camp Williams as a prime location. The Camp Williams location meets the critical physical and logistical requirements for the new site including the following: (U) Physical location: Camp Williams is a 28,000 acre military reservation that is protected year-round from unauthorized entry and intrusion. Physical stand-off distances of any dimension can be easily accommodated. Barriers and fences can be easily con?gured and installed. Additionally, land at Camp Williams could be acquired at no cost to the government. Despite its moderately remote location from an access perspective, Camp Williams is only a 10 minute drive ??om Utah?s main north-south freeway and is only a 20 minute drive ?'om Salt Lake International Airport. (U) Power Transmission Camp Williams is situated in the center of a main power transmission thoroughfare. Power supplied to Camp William can be supplied from three separate sources ??om the N01th, South and East. Multiple 345kV lines transit the Camp Williams location. (U) Communications: The Salt Lake City?Provo region has bene?ted from a great deal of communications in?'astructure investment during the past decade. Major communications transmission lines traverse northern Utah making it a signi?cant Western US. hub for communications. In addition. the GIG network lists Hill AFB as one of the ?rst twenty CONUS sites to receive GIG communications in?'astructure. Access to the GIG network will save the Agency millions dollars over the years in communications circuit lease costs (U) High-Tech Industry: Salt Lake County and Utah County have long been known as the Rocky Mountain version of Silicon Valley. Area businesses both large and small are heavily engaged in state-of?the-art research and development, production and maintenance of advanced IT and other high-tech systems and capabilities. (U) Universities Three major research Universities, University ofUtah in Salt Lake City, Brigham Young University in Provo and Utah State University in Logan all have strong engineering and computer science programs and have long been involved in advanced research and development of IT systems and capabilities. For two decades the University of Utah has operated its own Supercomputing Institute now known as the Center for High Performance Com puting. Additionally, BYU recently purchased and installed a supercomputer listed as one of the world?s 200 fastest supercomputers. Approved for Release by NSA on 06?26?2018; FOIA Case #70646 Doc ID: 6624004 (U) Cost of Living: While Utah is growing it remains one of our nation?s most affordable places to live and work. Housing costs are reasonable and construction costs are well below those ofother metropolitan areas around the country. (U) In addition to the many characteristics mentioned above. another compelling reason to consider Camp Williams for the new high-tech center is the future need for a facility to house the rapidly expanding Utah Regional Language Center (URLC). Since its creation in the Fall of 2005 the URLC has attracted more than 80 well quali?ed language analyst candidates and the number increases each week. As such. it is expected that the URLC will outgrow its spaces in Utah National Guard facilities by the end For this reason we strongly urge leaders to consider combining efforts and build a multi-use facility at Camp Williams that can house the High-Tech Center and the URLC. In doing so, many efficiencies and cost savings are achieved in construction, administration and Operation Maintenance. (U) Finally. Utah has long stood as one of our nation?s most patriotic states. The people of Utah are committed to the principles and practices of maintaining and improving our national security. I feel confident the new facility would be strongly supported by Governor Huntsman and the entire Utah Congressional Delegation. I also feel strongly. based in part on positive media coverage. that while it will always be our goal to maintain a low profile. an NSA high-tech center in Utah will be a great source of pride for the people of Utah and protected as a national treasure ought to be. David Winberg Director, URLC 470-4901 (NSTS) lb) 86?36 UNCLASSIFIED Doch:6624005 Unclassi?edWeinl?Hseenly? Utah Building Summary 27 July 2006 the past few weeks Col. Scot Olson have investigated, from a high level, the possibility of constructing an NSA building or complex of buildings at Camp Williams, a Military Reservation located 8 miles southwest of the Utah National Guard HQ in Draper, Utah. The following is a summary of our ?ndings: There are two Camp Williams building sites currently being considered by NSA. One is on the State owned portion of Camp Williams and the other is on the Federal portion ofthe Camp. In either case the land will be essentially conveyed free of charge to NSAlong-term basis. The State owned site would be administratively easier since all details would be handled in state by the Division of Facilities. Construction Maintenance (DFCM). The Federal owned site would require the additional involvement of the Sacramento based Federal land management of?ce and r,otentially the Army Corp of Engineers. NSA approval of this project the Governor and DFCM will move this project to the top of the DFCM priority list. DFCM is prepared begin planning, construction contractor selection, and design work as soon as NSA is ready to proceed. (UHF-QUEB- The State of Utah has proposed the use of an ?enhanced use lease? (EUL) method to constiuct and occupy the building. Under EUL. a local Salt Lake construction company would construct the building for NSA. in accordance with NSA requirements and with NSA participation in the design phases.* The constiuction company is essentially an investor in the project and expects to earn a 5% return on their investment. Upon occupancy NSA would commence regular lease payments on the occupied ponion of the building. (U) In order to achieve the earliest possible occupancy date DF CM has proposed using a phased. modular construction method. The method considerably shortens the traditional RFP and proposal evaluation. and architectural design periods. thereby allowing the contractor to begin construction following the drafting and agreement of the initial requirements package. Some call it a ?design as you go? methodology where top- level design is completed prior to construction commencement, but lower level design is derived and re?ned early in each module. The state has done several of these projects in the recent past with considerable success. The state DFCM representative indicated that more and more large construction projects are adopting this method in order to achieve earlier occupancy The state DFCM representative indicated that for our project (a 100,000 sq ft building). the phased, modular approach high-level schedule might look like the following: [Approved for Release by NSA on 06?26?2018, FOIA Case #70646 I Doc ID: 6624005 Unclassi?etheiel?Eee?Q?f? 1 Sep 06 SA approves the Camp Williams project. requirements gathering begins 1 Oct 06 NSA team assigned to project, requirements documentation continues 1 Nov 06 Preliminary Design Review with DF CM and Construction Company 1 Dec 06 Construction Begins on the ?rst 20000 sq ft module 1 Jun 07 First module complete 1 Jun 07 Construction begins on second module? 1 Jul 07 NSA occupies First module 1 Jul 07 NSA make ?rst lease payment (U) There are currently three large constiuction companies who are interested in this opportunity. Each comes highly recommended and would be quali?ed to do the job. (U) The second module could be another 20,000 sq ft module or could be the remaining 80,000 sq ft. depending on the dates required for occupancy of additional space. I would expect that certain learning curve and economies of scale ef?ciencies could be achieved following the ?rst module completion which would shorten construction periods for subsequent modules. (image)? This is just an example of what they can do based upon projects they have done in the past. Actual schedule dates would also depend upon any ?special? requirements levied by NSA. and any State site or Federal site speci?c administrative details. The bottom line: Free land, strong State political and project management support, and the enhanced use lease option make this a very compelling alternative for NSA expansion. We avoid traditional MILCON schedules and move into a new. purpose-built facility within a year of project commencement. v/ David Winberg Director, Utah Regional Language Center Draper Ogden. Utah Commercial) 8T8) (Cellular) (3) 86?36 Unclassi?ed