Blessing of fitness center held at Camp Smith

Kahu Curt Kekuna of Kawaiahao Church led a blessing ceremony July 18 for a $25.5 million physical fitness center at Camp H.M. Smith, Oahu, Hawaii. The facility will support more than 2,000 military and civilian personnel living and working on the Marine base which houses the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Command and Fleet Marine Forces Pacific. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii awarded the project to Nan-AMEC joint venture in June 2011 to construct the 29,826 square-foot, low-rise fitness facility that is expected to attain Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) Gold certification upon completion in June 2013.
The contract also includes repairs and improvements to an existing athletic field at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe. Natural turf will be replaced with an artificial turf surface which will reduce maintenance and water usage costs.