Construction of Facilities for Guam Buildup Project to Begin Soon

April 10, 2010POEA MARKET UPDATE NO. 11-10CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES FOR GUAM BUILDUP PROJECT TO BEGIN SOONThe construction of an 18,000-bed facility to house temporary workers for military buildup projects is set to break ground by the end of April 2010. Among the sites approved for construction are: Ukudu Workforce Village which covers about 75 acres of property spanning Tamuning and Dededo, a workforce housing project in Harmon Industrial Park which can house up to 1,200 workers and a 300-capacity barracks along Bello Road in Barrigada, Guam.According to the Department of Land Management Director Chris Duenas, if the Guam Land Use Commission (GLUC) was to approve all the pending applications for temporary worker housing facilities, the existing and pending barracks would have the capacity to accommodate more than 23,000 foreign laborers. That figure is close to the combined populations of Santa Rita, Agat, Talofofo, Umatac, Inarajan and Merizo. HEITADThe GLUC and the Department of Defense have set certain standard requirements for housing facilities of companies vying for military buildup projects. So far, the Ukudu Workforce Village...