HOENIX
P ROJECT
The Pentagon Renovation
Program's Phoenix Project is the reconstruction of the most severely
damaged area of the Pentagon resulting from the attack on September
11, 2001. All five floors of the outer three ring's (E,
D and C) between Corridors 4
T IMELINE
09/11/01
Hijacked
American Airlines Flight 77 was flown into the western
face of the Pentagon.
10/18/01
A
24-hour, 7-day-a-week demolition operation began with
the goal of reoccupying the Pentagon's E-ring at the point
of impact by September 11, 2002
11/19/01
Demolition
was completed four weeks ahead of the most optimistic
schedule. Reconstruction began the same day.
02/25/02
The first piece of new Indiana limestone was placed
on the reconstructed facade.
04/05/02
A
"topping-out" ceremony was held to celebrate
the completion of all structural concrete work.
All five floors were complete.
06/11/02
The last of approximately 4,000 pieces of new limestone was
placed on the face of the Pentagon. It marks the
location of a dedication capsule.
08/15/02
The first E-ring tenants moved back into Phoenix Area on fourth
floor.
09/11/02
The entire E-ring of Wedge 1 was reoccupied
and operational. A total of 3,000 Pentagon tenants
were returned to their once damaged offices.
02/14/03
The last Pentagon tenants returned to
Wedge 1 offices.
B Y
THE NUMBERS:
125
Pentagon
casualties
59
Passengers
on American Airlines Flight 77
110
People
seriously injured
2,600
People in the immediate area of impact
4,600
People displaced from Pentagon offices
3
Rings of offices penetrated by the
airplane, (E,D & C)
2
Wedges of the Pentagon damaged (a
total of 2,000,000 square feet of office space
5
Floors damaged
400,000
Square feet of office space structurally
damaged; demolished and rebuilt by the Pentagon
Renovation Program
6
Months initially estimated for demolition
of 400,000 square feet (Actual Completion: 32 days)
50,000
Tons of debris removed from the
site
1,000
Construction workers on-site per
day at the peak of construction
3,000
Total people involved in the rebuilding
effort
87
Contractors and subcontractors involved
in the rebuilding effort
3,000,000
Man-hours worked on the Phoenix
Project
2
Lost time accidents (both minor
hand injuries)
4,000
New pieces of Indiana limestone
added to the face of the Pentagon
$526 M
Reconstruction cost for two million square feet, approximately
$200M less than originally anticipated
N EWS
A RTICLES AND S TORIES
September
11, 2001 - CNN "Pentagon
Hit by Aircraft ," by Nadine M. Post
September
12, 2001 - CNN "Hopes
dim for any more survivors of Pentagon attack ,"
October,
2001 - Design Build Magazine "Pentagon
Shifts Into Higher Gear ," by Victoria L. Tanner
December
31, 2001 - Engineering News-Record "After
Disaster ," by Nadine M. Post
December,
2001 - Design Build Magazine "Pentagon
Gets Back to Business ," by Victoria L. Tanner
January
4, 2002 - Pal-Item.com News "Rebuilding
Hope ," by Rachel E. Sheeley
January
16, 2002 - Online News Hour "Rebuilding
the Pentagon ," by Jim Lehrer
February
4, 2002 - Engineering News-Record "Crews
Making Good On Fast-Track Schedule ,"
February
18, 2002 - The Washington Post Online "On
the job with Pride and Pain ," by Fredrick Kunkle
February
26, 2002 - The News Journal "Pentagon
repairs give grieving father a way to heal ,"
January/February,
2002 - Program Manager "Expectations
are High - and the World is Watching ,"
March
10, 2002 - USA Today "Pentagon
crew imposes tight deadline on itself ,"
March
11, 2002 - The Washington Post Online "Pentagon
Halfway Back In Countdown From Inferno ,"
March
2002 - BOMA.org "Pentagon
Renovation and Terrorist Destruction Highlight Lessons
Learned " by Rachel Decker.
March
12, 2002 - The Washington Post Online "Pentagon
Events Honor Extraordinary, Ordinary ,"
April
4, 2002 - The Washington Post Online "U.S.
Symbol, Latino Muscle: Many Workers Restoring "
April
5, 2002 - Defense Link "Rumsfeld
Praises Pentagon Construction Workers "
May
1, 2002 - GovExec.com "Restoring
Hope " By George Cahlink
May
6, 2002 - The Washington Post Online "Phoenix
Rising - The Rebuilding of the Pentagon " (Animation)
May
29, 2002 - USA Today "It's
all coming together for the Pentagon ," by Lynne
Perri
June
11, 2002 - The Washington Post OnlineFinal
Stone Placed in Pentagon's Exterior Nine ," by Steve Vogel
June
11, 2002 - The Washington Post OnlineDedication
Capsule' Embedded in Pentagon "
June
11, 2002 - The Washington Post OnlineIndiana
Plant Makes Its Mark on History "
July
3, 2002 - National Geographic NewsPentagon
Rising From Ashes in 24/7 Repair Effort "
July
9, 2002 - National Geographic News "Concrete
Autopsy " Helps Strengthen the Pentagon
July
29, 2002 - Defense Link "Tenants
to Move Back into Blasted Area of the " By Jim Garamone
Summer
2002 - Concrete Pumping Magazine "Pumping
at the Pentagon "
August
15, 2002 - USA Today "Pentagon
re-opens some offices "
August
15, 2002 - The Washington Post Online "Workers
Return to Rebuilt Offices in Pentagon "
August
15, 2002 - Defense Link "Workers
Ready Site for Sept. 11 Ceremony "
September
3, 2002 -
The Washington Post Online "Reinforcing
a Powerful Symbol" Pentagon's Operation ."
By Benjamin Forgey
September
3, 2002 - CNSNEWS.com "One
Year Later, Pentagon Employees Move Back Into Offices "
September
4, 2002 - Defense Link "Pentagon
9-11 Ceremony Will Send Variety of Messages "
by Jim Garamone
September
11 , 2002 - Defense Link "Rumsfeld,
Myers Remember the Slain, Gird for Future " by
Jim Garamone
September
11 , 2002 - The New York Times "Honoring
Those Lost and Celebrating a New Symbol of Resilience "
September
11 , 2002 - Defense Link "Reflections
on Sept. 11, A Day of Terror "
September
11 , 2002 - Defense Link "Pentagon
Phoenix Project Workers Are Heroes, Wolfowitz
Says " by Gerry J. Gilmore
September
2002 - Facility City "Lee
Evey: The Man And His Mission " by John Parkinson
TERRORIST
ATTACKS CAN SHAKE THE FOUNDATIONS
PHOENIX
PROJECT
