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Joint Base Andrews - Sink Hole Repair

Published by Hank Gottschalk

Because of a sinkhole that developed on the airfield at Joint Base Andrews in Prince Georges County, Maryland, Asher Construction Inc. took on an emergency repair project requiring 160 Liner Feet of Special Design 84 inch Diameter RCP (Reinforced Concrete Pipe). CP&P’s Jessup facility produced the Special 84 inch Diameter Pipe, meeting their needed delivery date beginning in September and finishing with the final loads arriving the first week of October.

Joint Base Andrews (JBA) is a United States military facility located in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 316th Wing, Air Force District of Washington (AFDW). The base was established in 2009, when Andrews Air Force Base and Naval Air Facility Washington were merged.

Asher Construction Inc. is a site construction contractor based out of Eldersburg, Maryland, specializing in asphalt, concrete, excavation, storm-water management, and utilities to commercial and government customers. They are committed to providing excellent services, and primarily completes projects for the Federal Government on military bases and at government agency sites.

The base is named for Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews (1884–1943), former Commanding General of United States Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. The base is widely known for serving as the home base of two Boeing VC-25 aircraft which have the call sign Air Force One while the President of the United States is on board.