US to construct a $ 155 m embassy complex in Sri Lanka

The United States Department of State has awarded a $ 155 million contract to a US construction company to build a new embassy complex in a six-acre seaside site in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.

Caddell Construction Co. based in Montgomery, Alabama has received the State Department’s contract to build the new embassy complex in Colombo, the Birmingham Business Journal reported.

The project consists of a new office building, U.S. Marine residence, compound access control facilities, maintenance building, utility building and a warehouse.

The scope will also include entrance and arrival plazas, paved terraces, landscape gardens, roadways, security fencing and gates, security window and door systems, stone and metal facades as well as unique interior architectural finishes.

The 48-month contract is worth $ 155,941,000 and was awarded by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations. It represents Caddell’s 26th for the US State Department since 2000, for a total of $ 2.9 billion.

Caddell is an international construction firm headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama.