Black Construction Corporation (BCC), as the Design-Build contractor for the Readiness Phase III project, continued in its success from building Phase II – The Guam National Guard Headquarters building. The Phase III expansion of the Army National Guard Readiness Center involved the design and construction of a 12,752-square-foot floor area of administrative and support facilities. Readiness III is a multi-use facility that includes diverse functions that range from assembly rooms, kitchen facilities, military supply storage and vault areas, to locker rooms and showers. Black’s design challenge was to incorporate all of the foregoing in a facility under one roof, and at the same time isolate the varied uses sufficiently so as not to affect the ongoing activities in the building. Black’s design partner, Taniguchi Ruth Architects, accomplished this through the extensive use of sound attenuation partitions and independent, yet integrated, HVAC systems. Black’s challenge was to faithfully execute these design details with an uncompromising commitment to quality to assure the separations were absolutely efficient. In addition to the force protection and anti-terrorism requirements of the military, overall the reinforced concrete structure incorporated numerous design features to contend with Guam’s severe wind, seismic and atmospheric conditions.