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RIDGECREST, CALIF. — Barnhart Balfour Beatty has started construction on the $68 million P-745 Weapons Armament Technology Center at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in Ridgecrest. The facility is slated for completion in late July/early August. In partnership with BBB, KMA Architecture & Engineering (KMA) designed the two-story, 177,718-square-foot, state-of-the-art naval research and development facility to include technical and management support offices, general engineering laboratories, secure compartmentalized information facility spaces and conference facilities. Also, the development is designed to meet LEED Silver certification standards.