Companies chosen for NG test facility

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Jackson County Board of Supervisors agreed Monday to hire a grant administrator, architect and engineer to work on a new land-based testing facility for Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. The grant administrator, Gouras and Associates, will help submit a funding proposal to the Mississippi Development Authority. Once approved, the architects, Ocean Springs-based Allred Architectural Group and Biloxi-based Eley Guild Hardy Architects, and engineers at Orion Engineering can begin work. The multimillion-dollar facility will be used for pre-installation assembly, integration and testing of ship components and equipment, as well as other activities. (Source: Mississippi Press, 12/21/10)